The 13th Friday the 13th movie has been lurking in the shadows so long we’d almost given up on it. But it’s still a go—and in a recent interview, Platinum Dunes’ Brad Fuller and Andrew Form spilled a few vague/tantalizing details on the forthcoming reboot from director Breck Eisner. Here’s what we learned.
The movie is still happening
It won’t be a sequel to the 2009 Friday the 13th reboot
It will not be a found-footage movie
It will not be titled Bride of Jason; so far it doesn’t have a title beyond Friday the 13th
It will not be in 3D
It is a period piece
It will be R-rated
There won’t be excessive exposition about Jason’s supernatural powers (alas, there was no confirmation of whether or not it’ll be an origin story, or dig into Jason’s family life and introduce his father for the first time)
The production has scouted its location, a camp in Georgia next to a lake, for that old-school Long Night at Camp Blood feel
Casting hasn’t started yet, but it will in December; filming will begin in the spring; the release date is (as of now) Friday, October 13, 2017
The biggest challenge for screenwriter Aaron Guzikowski was coming up with a story that would please fans of the franchise, but also not alienate anyone who’d never seen a Friday movie before
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