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?