The Next FRIDAY THE 13th Movie Will Tell a Jason Voorhees Origin Story with His Mom
The long-running Friday the 13th horror franchise will continue with a new movie currently in development at Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes production company. The last movie in the franchise came out in 2009, and I thought it was a piece of shit. I’m a huge fan of this franchise, it’s just gone completely downhill over the years, and Platinum Dunes taking over didn't do it any favors.
It’s been six months since we last heard any news on this film production, and that was when it was announced that Aaron Guzikowski was hired to write it. Prior to that, there were reports of it being a 3D film, a found footage movie, then the found footage idea was dropped, and there was even talk of a TV series at The CW.
Now, thanks to The Reel Word, we have a new update on the film, and they are saying it will tell an origin story and his murderous mom Pamala is going to be a part of it. The site explains:
Attached to write the screenplay is Aaron Guzikowski, who earned himself wide acclaim for writing the 2013 Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal-starring thriller Prisoners. Guzikowski handed in a draft, Fuller and co. had a look at it, loved what they read and decided to start moving forward.
“Aaron’s story has great characters…You kind of have to understand Jason Voorhees, so we go back and we kind of started over and work our way forward.”
So, is this an origin story?
“Origin-ish, but it’s an origin that no one has seen before. Obviously Pamela’s there, but it’s a little bit different from what you’ve seen before.”
I came across the news on Bloody-Disgusting, and they made a comment about wanting to learn more about Jason’s father. Why the hell not?! That sounds like it would be interesting. Maybe that’s what makes it a little different than what we’ve seen before. Maybe it will even dive deeper into Jason’s family past and what life was like for the Voorhees family before that horrific summer at Camp Crystal in 1980.
This upcoming movie will be the 13th installment of the franchise. Yep, it's finally going hit number 13, and it seems like it would be the perfect number to officially end the franchise. As much as I love the character, I just think it’s time to stop. Fans will always have the original films to entertain them.
The film is currently scheduled to be released by Paramount Pictures on Friday, January 13th, 2017. What do you think about this direction of telling a new type of origin story for the character?