This confirms earlier speculation regarding Breck Eisner, who directed the fantastic remake of The Crazies. We found an amazing script by Aaron Guzikowski.

We have found the lake, we have found the camp. I’m here to say that we found the location. They explain, “ It will be eight years since we made the last one. Perhaps most importantly, the duo revealed that they now have a plan in place and will be moving forward in the near future so that we can get another Friday the 13th entry. We also battled: do we do a sequel to the original? Do we pick up where we left off with Jared and Amanda at the end of the movie? Somehow, that didn’t find a home. So, it was very hard to wrap our head around how you would do a Friday the 13th that was found footage, knowing that we really need the Jason perspective of watching. Understanding that the horror community was not interested in a found footage take on the long-running franchise, Fuller and Form also made it clear that such an option simply didn’t make sense considering how the other entries were presented: At one point, the studio wanted us to make a found-footage version of that movie and that was deeply concerning to us because we didn’t think we could execute the movie in the right way if it was a found-footage movie. I’m not going to bore you with all of them but for a long time, there was a rights issue between Paramount and Warner Bros. There were so many obstacles to surmount to get to where we are today.

We had a lot of fun making that movie and we always wanted to go back to Crystal Lake and make another one. The cast was great, we were in a great setting, everyone got along. Jason Will Be Unrelenting in the Next ‘Friday the 13th’!įuller and Form start by talking about the 2009 reboot, which saw Derek Mears pick up the iconic machete and hockey mask: However, it seems that those troubles might be coming to an end as Platinum Dunes producers Brad Fuller and Andrew Form have opened up about the film in an interview with Collider. One would think that it wouldn’t be too hard, considering all you need is a camp, some counselors/teens, and one pissed off hockey mask-wearing murderer. It’s not news to anyone that there’s been a lot of trouble resurrecting Jason for a new Friday the 13th film.

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