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The Paramount Network is Airing an All-Day ‘Friday the 13th’ Franchise Marathon TODAY!
Before the entire franchise comes to Scream Factory Blu-ray this October, Paramount Network (formerly Spike TV) is kicking off the weekend with an all-day Friday the 13th marathon!
The slashing begins, well, right now, with the original classic currently airing at the time of writing this article (10am EST). The full schedule for the day goes like this…
- 10am EST – Friday the 13th (1980)
- 12pm EST – Friday the 13th Part II
- 2pm EST – Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
- 4pm EST – Friday the 13th: Jason Lives
- 6pm EST: Friday the 13th: The New Blood
- 8pm EST: Jason Takes Manhattan
- 10:30pm EST – Friday the 13th (1980)
The marathon celebrates 40 years of the Friday the 13th franchise, a landmark anniversary that’s coming along at a time when legal issues are keeping Jason dead in the water.
But ya never know when he might be back…
Just because you don’t hear anything… doesn’t mean he’s not right…around…THE CORNER! 🪓 🔪 #FridayThe13th marathon all day today! pic.twitter.com/myu8JPGN9W
— Paramount Network (@paramountnet) August 29, 2020
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‘Drop’ – Violett Beane Joins the Cast of Christopher Landon’s New Thriller
Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky) is staying busy here in 2024, directing not only the werewolf movie Big Bad but also an upcoming thriller titled Drop.
The project for Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes is being described as a “fast-paced thriller,” and Deadline reports today that Violett Beane (Truth or Dare) has joined the cast.
Newcomer Jacob Robinson has also signed on to star in the mysterious thriller. Previously announced, Meghann Fahy (“White Lotus”) will be leading the cast.
Landon recently teased on Twitter, “This is my love letter to DePalma.”
Jillian Jacobs and Chris Roach wrote the script.
Michael Bay, Jason Blum, Brad Fuller and Cameron Fuller — “who brought the script in to Platinum Dunes” — are producing the upcoming Drop. Sam Lerner is an executive producer.
THR notes, “The film is a Platinum Dunes and Blumhouse production for Universal.”