The "new" Friday the 13th gets a director
Filed under: Horror, Deals, New Line, Newsstand, Remakes and Sequels
So, it turns out that the new installment of Friday the
13th is actually a remake of the very
first film in the series, not a prequel. Well, mostly - it's a remake that's being tweaked a bit. Like the original,
the remake will be set at Crystal Lake but, unlike the first film which was virtually Jason-free, "it is known that
Jason will wear the mask and will kill." Well thank goodness for that - I don't know about you, but I was worried.
To direct the film, New Line went out and scored themselves the perfect man: Jonathan Liebesman, who is just coming off directing The
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. Hey, the guy may be a hack, but no one can say Liebesman doesn't know
from revisiting classic horror, that's for damn sure.I'm not the only one who thinks this whole concept is completely insane, am I? What, did they run out of people to kill, or something? Perhaps the goal is to create a feedback loop of sorts, within which the series will never actually end - by the time they get done remaking the final original (using the term loosely) film, the current remake will be ripe for a revisit. Why, the franchise will never end - it's genius! Quick, someone call Sylvester Stallone!
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3-01-2006 @ 9:43PM
Scott Bradley said...
Regarding the "new" Friday the 13th,
I gotta admit I am extremely curious what theyll do with it, I mean fx are much more advanced, Leisbman did a great job with the tcm remake(sorry) but i actually liked it better then the orginal. I grew up with the friday the 13th movies, saw the 3rd in theaters, ever since i saw Jason vorhees kill his first victim i was hooked, so its not to say i woul not be viewing the film under scrunity, i do think they should call it just "Jason" not friday the 13th so theres alittle divergence. Its gonna be a pain in the ass to distinguish asking somebody to watch them, you would have to say the new or old ones but i think its worth to fufill a curiousity and allow a whole new generation to enjoy as I did.
KillTomBergeron
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