HALLOWEEN 2018 Producer Would Like To Reboot The FRIDAY THE 13TH Franchise

HALLOWEEN 2018 Producer Would Like To Reboot The FRIDAY THE 13TH Franchise

After helping reenergize Michael Myers, Halloween (2018) producer Ryan Turek desires to reboot the Friday the 13th franchise and details the specifics of how he would approach reviving Jason Voorhees.

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By HeavyMetal4Life - Jan 16, 2019 08:01 PM EST
Filed Under: Horror
Source: ComicBook.com
Halloween (2018) saw the franchise return to its roots with a back to basics approach, ignoring everything that came after the original Halloween (1978) and bringing the conflict back to Michael Myers and Laurie Strode. The movie became the highest grossing slasher horror film in history and, with a positive reception from critics and fans, successfully restored Michael Myers to prominence.

Speaking with ComicBook.com while promoting Halloween (2018)'s Blu-ray release, producer Ryan Turek revealed that he and Jason Blum would love the opportunity to help revitalize another classic slasher franchise. "Without a question, at the top of my list would be Friday The 13th. Friday The 13th would be the franchise that I would love to work on next. Jason Blum shares that same passion." 

A Blumhouse-produced Friday The 13th movie would probably be similar to last year's Halloween according to Turek, who stressed that there were several things they would need to deliver to the fans: "You gotta deliver on a summer camp. You gotta deliver on counselors. You gotta deliver on Jason Voorhees."

Speaking with ScreenRant, Turek shared the approach that Blumhouse would take with a new Friday The 13th film and expressed his desire to see the return of Tommy Jarvis, the Laurie Strode equivalent of the franchise.

How do you do Friday the 13th? [It] would take a little bit of a conversation but for us, at Blumhouse, what it's really about is finding that director or writer/director - that creative team that just has a brilliant idea. I would love to see the return of Tommy Jarvis, but that's just my own fan wish. Because that was a great trilogy - 4, 5, and 6. I'm the biggest fan of 6 there can be. Tommy's the staple of the Friday franchise. Someone will get it at some point and hopefully deliver the goods.

It has been 10 years since 2009's poorly received Friday the 13th reboot. Last we heard, LeBron James was producing another reboot and a prequel film focusing on Pamela Voorhees was in development; however, the rights to Jason himself lie with original franchise director Sean Cunningham.

While the Friday The 13th rights are currently very complicated, Turek states that Blumhouse would be able able to do right by the franchise and fans if they could figure out the logistics to the rights. Would you be more excited to see Jason Voorhees revived by the same studio that reinvigorated the Halloween franchise?
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HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 1/16/2019, 6:50 PM














theFUZZ008
theFUZZ008 - 1/17/2019, 6:11 AM
@HeavyMetal4Life - Thank you. I just came for the Jason gifs.
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 1/17/2019, 6:16 AM
@theFUZZ008 - 😎
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 1/16/2019, 7:22 PM
Friday the 13th should be 'rebooted' and by that I mean it should pick up where Part 7: The New Blood left off (the last good Friday film) and ignore everything that came after. The New Blood is a self contained story essentially, it leaves Jason where he was at the end of Part 6.

Jason should return from the depths of Crystal Lake, being set forth in a world he is very foreign to. The excellent fan-made film 'Never Hike Alone' gives a great concept to work with. But there are two musts for a revival:

1) Bring back Tommy Jarvis. Two of the best films in the franchise had Tommy (including THE best film, Jason Lives). Tommy could even be given the Laurie Strode treatment of someone who never recovered from his experiences and prepared for a day when Jason would return.




2) Bring back Kane Hodder. The dude is a freaking legend and gave us THE DEFINITIVE Jason Voorhees. Kane IS Jason, Jason IS Kane.

dracula
dracula - 1/16/2019, 9:07 PM
@HeavyMetal4Life - How about do something a bit different, make it a sequel to Friday The 13th the final chapter, back before they added supernatural elements to series, and bring back Corey Feldman and finally fulfill the promise of Tommy becoming a killer
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 1/16/2019, 9:11 PM
@dracula - well they did that with Part 5, A New Beginning, making Tommy the killer at the end of the movie. And the result was... horrible. Tommy doesn't need to be the killer, he just needs to struggle like Laurie has. One of the many reasons why Jason Lives is considered by many fans the best film in the franchise is because of Tommy.

One of the things that sets Jason apart from other slashers is the supernatural element. Sure, Michael and Freddy don't die. Neither does Chucky. But Jason is a legit walking zombie, who continues to murder people like he did when he was alive. That's too iconic, too defined for the character to eliminate it.
dracula
dracula - 1/16/2019, 9:17 PM
@HeavyMetal4Life - True, the way it was done in part 5 sucked, but if they want to bring someone back from the previous films, it really should be Tommy, but having him be like Laurie was in the new Halloween would just be pointless, they would be telling the same story in a different setting
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 1/16/2019, 9:19 PM
@dracula - well I don't mean have him be exactly like Laurie in the new film. Did you see the fan film 'Never Hike Alone'?? Tommy shows up at the end, its a sweet cameo.
dracula
dracula - 1/16/2019, 9:27 PM
@HeavyMetal4Life - Just checked out a clip, cool, although I would say they should bring back Tommy's original actor if Tommy comes back
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 1/16/2019, 9:34 PM
@dracula - ehh, I think the Tommy actor from Jason Lives would be better. He nailed the mature Tommy aspect. Plus, with everything going on in Feldman's life...
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 1/16/2019, 7:49 PM
Friday the 13th ranking, best to worst:

- Jason Lives: great
- Part 2: very good
- The Final Chapter: very good
- The New Blood: pretty good
- Part 3: good

- 1: meh
- Jason Takes Manhattan: pretty bad (though Jason looks sweet)
- A New Beginning: pretty bad
- Jason Goes to Hell: very bad
- Jason X: very bad
MrCamw1
MrCamw1 - 1/16/2019, 8:52 PM
@HeavyMetal4Life - i did a double featire last week qith my brother of both Jason goes to hell and jason x on netflix. Gotta say Goes to Hell isnt shit like i remebered, especially with that Crayton Duke character. Jason X though I wanna erase from my mind.
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 1/16/2019, 8:58 PM
@MrCamw1 - not while I'm around you won't



MrCamw1
MrCamw1 - 1/16/2019, 8:53 PM
Id be down for a reboot by this guy. I will say though maybe a little less comdedy and no dumb "twist" like the doctor thing and im sold.
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 1/16/2019, 9:02 PM
@MrCamw1 - I actually was completely fine by the doctor 'twist.' The guy realizes that the only way to study Michael is to unleash him in his natural environment, and he tries to get a sense of what drives him to murder when he puts the mask on. But that has no place in a Friday the 13th series, cause no doctors study Jason!
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 1/16/2019, 8:56 PM
Maybe it's time for me to get back into the horror genre. I seriously don't remember anything about Jason other than the nudity, I was told a good slasher film has to have plenty of that, but I stopped watching them.

I literally laugh throughout whole movies and that's not the point of the movie
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 1/16/2019, 9:00 PM
@MyCoolYoung - yeah, probably time for ya to get back in... ;-)

If you want to get into this franchise, watch 1 through 7 and stop. 1 isn't good, but necessary to set up the franchise. 5 is pretty terrible so you could probably skip that.
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 1/16/2019, 9:05 PM
@HeavyMetal4Life - lol I'll screenshot this and watch when I get a chance.

I have so many list from everybody here especially on the animated side of comic books but I've been knocking things off.

I'll get to this as well probably after the punisher
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 1/16/2019, 9:07 PM
@MyCoolYoung - yeah no rush, always willing to recommend stuff ;-)
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 1/16/2019, 9:30 PM
@MyCoolYoung - have you seen the new Halloween? I can't remember.
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 1/16/2019, 9:57 PM
@HeavyMetal4Life - not yet. I've been meaning to. Worth it?
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 1/16/2019, 9:58 PM
@MyCoolYoung - its excellent, in my opinion the best Halloween film
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 1/16/2019, 10:28 PM
@HeavyMetal4Life -
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 1/16/2019, 10:36 PM
@MyCoolYoung - no image or gif came through
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