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A new “Friday the 13th” film will happen – but not until Jason’s done justice.
Speaking to Esquire about the future of the franchise, producer Brad Fuller explains that he’s looking to do something with the next instalment. And although they’ve had a script for a while, one that linked to the 2009 reboot, it’s likely they’ll be starting anew. But he has to start soon – the film has a release date of May 13, 2016.
Fuller says they hope to announce the writers of the film in a couple of weeks.
When I ask Fuller what to expect from a new Friday the 13th, what one does producing a new slasher after 35 years of Jason antics, he stresses his desire to keep the core values intact. It will involve Jason Voorhees. It will involve kids having sex and smoking weed. They will be at camp. Which is a big one for Fuller, a former kid camper. “Some movies you do for some reasons and some you do ’cause you just love the source material. And truly this is something that we all love here.” Fuller plans to shoot Friday the 13th at the end of the summer because the weather is still nice and it’s easy to take over a camp for cinematic slaughtering purposes.
While earlier rumours suggested the film will be a ‘found footage’ film, Fuller laid those whispers to rest. In addition to the film having a bigger budget than a “Paranormal Activity” film, “Friday” will likely explore the mythology of the character of even explore a different time in Jason’s life.
“There’s always been this supernatural aspect to these movies. It defies logic that, you see Jason get killed in every movie, including ours, the 2009 one. And then he comes back and no one’s ever really investigated what that is. So that’s something that I think about a little bit. Like it is supernatural, but what is he? Those are the things that we’re toying with. Nothing has been decided. But those type of things: How does he always come back?
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