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Producer on Friday the 13th reboot

The “Friday the 13th” reboot – the second, for those counting – will be both a sequel and a restart, according to Platinum Dunes’ Brad Fuller.

Fuller, whose shingle produced the 2009 reboot, tells Variety that the second attempt will take somewhat of a “Force Awakens” approach in that it’ll play up to fans while also cater to newcomers to the series.

“You don’t want to alienate the people that come to see the first 12 but at the same time you don’t want your audience who haven’t seen the first 12 to feel like I’ve missed out on all of this and I’m not coming to see the 13th film. That’s where and why we were lucky enough to get Aaron Guzikowski, who is an amazing writer and who saw a way to bridge those two audiences and make a way a movie where if you haven’t seen a ‘Friday the 13th’ movie you know exactly what is going on and if you have seen one, you are going to be smiling the whole way through because there are nods to everything that you know but it is not imperative that you know those things to enjoy the film. We have made plenty of slasher movies and what excites us about this one is that our characters aren’t just meat for Jason to butcher. These are real characters which will hopefully make the bond with the audience that much stronger because you really care about the people in this film.”

“Friday the 13th” is set for an October 2017 release.

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