It is Friday the thirteenth … so what higher day to search out out a brand new movie within the in style slasher franchise could also be on the way in which?!
Here is the deal … there hasn’t been a ‘Jason’ movie in a number of years … and we’re instructed it is all been a matter of rights points — each between the 2 creators and two main studios. But it surely appears these points will probably be resolved … and a brand new movie challenge is being crafted.
Franchise co-creator Sean Cunningham tells TMZ … a movie remedy for an “old skool” Jason flick is finished … and he is hopeful that, with the mega-merger of Warner Bros. and Paramount, the challenge will acquire severe traction as a result of he says each studios have rights –and that is been a significant hurdle.
The horror icon Cunningham tells us that he and franchise co-creator Victor Miller resolved their points … and he hopes the upcoming studio merger will handle the opposite entanglement.
As for the brand new challenge … Cunningham says the script wants a “younger author” as a result of the center of the collection has all the time been “the worry of premature dying” — and SC says he is too previous to be frightened about that as of late. He additionally talked about he is only a “cheerleader” for the challenge … however anticipates being an govt producer — if it occurs.
Sadly, there is no solution to know precisely when Jason followers will get a brand new flick … however the prequel TV collection “Crystal Lake” is anticipated to premiere on Peacock this 12 months … ch ch ch, ah ah ah.