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[Penguin]

Seems like this was due to the low box-office of the Rings movie.

http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3423759/exclusive-friday-13th-cursed-production-shut/

From what we’re hearing, production on the new Friday the 13th has been indefinitely shut down, suggesting that there is indeed a death curse attached to our old pal Jason. From what we understand (from the initial story in which rights to Interstellar were swapped for “South Park’s” Cartman and Friday the 13th), Warner Bros./New Line were to get the rights to the franchise back in 2018, so it seems likely that the next Friday the 13th film will not be made by Paramount.

 

[Transistor]

After the horrible reboot, I can't blame them

 

[Cipher Peon]

Nooooooooooo :c

It was going to be bad, but I was so excited for it ><

 

[Savitar]

If history taught me anything it's this.

Jason never stays dead.

Not forever.

 

[A Link to the Past]

Why are they trying to do a big Friday the 13th sequel? It's not going to be successful. Just give it to an indie director, make a small-budget film, and get young talent.

 

[Banjotanooki]

Where's my sequel to Jason X, dammit!

It ended on a cliffhanger!

 

[JDHarbs]

As much as I'd like to see more Jason, I'm not surprised this happened.

When was the last time we even had a decent slasher film? I think the genre is dead.

 

[HeartlessNobody213]

Probably for the best. Not even a big horror fan like that but hearing how they were going to explore jason's past and introduce his father seemed like a bad idea.

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

Lame.

 

[Ashhong]

Wait, Paramount traded Interstellar for Friday the 13th and South Park? Did I read that right?

 

[A Link to the Past]

As much as I'd like to see more Jason, I'm not surprised this happened.

When was the last time we even had a decent slasher film? I think the genre is dead.

That's what I'm saying, slasher movies need to go with that low-budget approach. You don't need to be a big-budget blockbuster to be successful, and in fact, trying that probably will do more bad than good.

 

[Buckle]

Another reboot?

I mean, its fucking Jason Voorhees. Just say he's back and terrorizing people again in a hockey mask and looking more messed up than ever. No need to really spin back the clock and do the first two movies again.

 

[Fat4all]

 

[creatchee]

You all don't even know how sad I am right now.

 

[Guzim]

Wait, Paramount traded Interstellar for Friday the 13th and South Park? Did I read that right?

To get Christopher Nolan, he wanted WB to help with the film and Paramount agreed.

 

[kunonabi]

best news i've heard all day

 

[TheSkullPrince]

Paramount stays losing.

 

[Timo]

This is some mother fuckin bullshit.

 

[Toxi]

He'll be back.

 

[Freeza Under The Shower]

"Friday the 13th, 13! They finally made it."

No Jay, they did not.

 

[VistraNorrez]

Don't get why it's so hard to make these movies. They are cheap assembly line productions. They should be cranking these out at least every other year.

 

[What did he mean by this?]

The troubled development of this flick despite the financial success of the 2009 film is to me the most pathetic thing to exist in the Hollywood studio system at the moment

One would think crapping out a cashgrab sequel more lame right? No, this 'will they? won't they?' is far worse

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

Wait there's another South Park Movie in the works?

 

[excelsiorlef]

You mean the movie that has "pushed" back to every next Friday the 13 date for the past god knows how many years is not happening?

I'm shocked.

 

[Waylon Drums]

Fuck me in the ear. I wanted this. I'm sure Halloween is next.

 

[SargerusBR]

Nice, now give me a Jason X sequel

 

[jon bones]

NOOOO

 

[jstripes]

Don't get why it's so hard to make these movies. They are cheap assembly line productions. They should be cranking these out at least every other year.

They could.

But all the studios want to turn old properties into blockbusters. You've got big shot execs banking on nostalgia and putting everything into it.

 

[VistraNorrez]

Nice, now give me a Jason X sequel

There's no reason they can't do this and an infinite amount of other Friday the 13th movies. These movies don't require that much thought, there is a proven formula out there.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

Fuck me in the ear. I wanted this. I'm sure Halloween is next.

Next? A new Halloween movie died when Dimension lost the distribution rights.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Seems like this was due to the low box-office of the Rings movie.

Still don't see why anyone thought that would be a good idea >_>

 

[Sweeney Tom]

I followed this for years and was of the mindset that people were fooling themselves thinking this would be out this October. Not shocked it got canned altogether.

 

[BattleMonkey]

I don't know how they can keep fucking this up. The 2009 reboot movie was the most profitable F13th Film in the franchise outside of Freddy Vs Jason crossover which only made a little more.

It's a simple franchise and formula, it worked in the 80's, they rebooted it with massive success and then just sit on it?

I followed this for years and was of the mindset that people were fooling themselves thinking this would be out this October. Not shocked it got canned altogether.

Most the 80's Friday's were done in a few months, less than a years development as it was an annual event pretty much back then.

 

[Buckle]

Don't get why it's so hard to make these movies. They are cheap assembly line productions. They should be cranking these out at least every other year.

While not a high art film I feel like Freddy vs Jason is the only modern movie thats even mildly understood the over the top charm of these characters.

The remakes like the Nightmare on Elm Street one just takes it all too seriously.

 

[excelsiorlef]

Like this isn't surprising this movie has had like 3 directors or more, several scripts, several synopses and has been scheduled to be released on every Friday the 13 fir several years now, and to my knowledge not a single actor had ever been cast in all that time.

This is the Duke Nukem Forever of movies only this one will never get made

 

[jwk94]

Another reboot?

I'm mean, its fucking Jason Voorhees. Just say he's back and terrorizing people again in a hockey mask and looking more messed up than ever. No need to really spin back the clock and do the first two movies again.

But who is Jason Voorhees?

 

[Toxi]

But who is Jason Voorhees?

He's back, he's the man behind the mask, and he's out of control.

 

[jwk94]

He's back, he's the man behind the mask, and he's out of control.

chee chee chee, ha ha ha

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

At least the game is coming out in the near future.

 

[gdt]

Wait can someone explain this Nolan South Park thing?

 

[JDHarbs]

That's what I'm saying, slasher movies need to go with that low-budget approach. You don't need to be a big-budget blockbuster to be successful, and in fact, trying that probably will do more bad than good.

I think people just want more unique stories when it comes to the horror genre, regardless of budget. Slashers are a dime-a-dozen so until one comes along that shakes things up, they're just going to be by-the-numbers.

I admire that they are buying their time with the property though. Friday the 13th could probably be a yearly low-budget nostalgia machine that makes consistent money for the studio, but it will just water down the icon status of the character.

chee chee chee, ha ha ha

ki ki ki ma ma ma

 

[Smokey_Run]

I didn't know it was so hard to develop a Friday the 13th movie.

 

[BattleMonkey]

I think people just want more unique stories when it comes to the horror genre, regardless of budget. Slashers are a dime-a-dozen so until one comes along that shakes things up, they're just going to be by-the-numbers.

I admire that they are buying their time with the property though. Friday the 13th could probably be a yearly low-budget nostalgia machine that makes consistent money for the studio, but it will just water down the icon status of the character.


ki ki ki ma ma ma

Jason movies were a yearly low budget machine, they never were massive money makers. The two biggest hits were FvJ and the 2009 reboot. Do they really think they are gonna hit lightning in a bottle with huge reboot success every decade or so now? And outside of really crappy DTV stuff, slasher genre is once again in another freeze.

 

[Matty77]

Cannot really say I am upset, even as someone who loves the franchise and considers Mr. Vorhees my favorite slasher villian.

Some things don't need sequels or reboots, just leave it, it exsists and you can always watch them, I don't think the lack of more will make me suddenly like the ones I am into less.

 

[excelsiorlef]

I don't know how they can keep fucking this up. The 2009 reboot movie was the most profitable F13th Film in the franchise outside of Freddy Vs Jason crossover which only made a little more.

What's important to note is 2009 (which I really enjoyed) made almost all of its money opening weekend. The drop off after week one was epically terrible

Week 1

By the end of its three-day opening weekend, it was already the second highest grossing film in the series, having earned $40,570,365

Week 2

Friday the 13th saw a significant drop in attendance in its second weekend at the box office. On its second Friday, the film earned $2,802,977—a decrease of 85.5% from its opening Friday.[1] By the end of its second weekend, the film had earned $7,942,472 a decrease of 80.4% from the previous weekend As a result, the film went from first place to sixth in the weekend box office chart.

End

By the end of its box office run, Friday the 13th earned an estimated $65 million at the United States box office,but failed to regain a top ten spot after its third weekend.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th_(2009_film)


2009 opening weekend was driven by nostalgia for Jason. Then people saw it, hated it and word of mouth killed it. Take out the crazy week one and this movie would have struggled to gross double its budget. 2009 had goodwill for opening weekend. There'd have been zero goodwill to a sequel to the 2009 version. Hemce why this one that is never happening was slated to be another reboot.

 

[Smokey_Run]

Wait can someone explain this Nolan South Park thing?

Jonathan Nolan wrote Interstellar years ago and Paramount held the rights. When Spielberg dropped out of the project, Chris wanted to do it. However, Chris works with Warner Bros on his films. In order to get Chris on the project, Paramount let Warner Bros in on the film in exchange for the rights to South Park and Jason films for 5 years.

Warner Bros won. Paramount wasn't able to capitalize on either project.

 

[Banjotanooki]

Wait can someone explain this Nolan South Park thing?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstellar_(film)

Though Paramount and Warner Bros. are traditionally rival studios, Warner Bros., which released Nolan's Batman films and works with Nolan's Syncopy, sought a stake in Nolan's production of Interstellar for Paramount. Warner Bros. agreed to give Paramount its rights to co-finance the next film in the Friday the 13th horror franchise and to have a stake in a future film based on the TV series South Park.

 

[Jarnet87]

Freddy and Jason should join Chucky on the Bluray/DVD/VOD circuit, At least this way they can make a lower budget movie and the hardcore fans get to enjoy.

 

[Snaku]

Seems like this was due to the low box-office of the Rings movie.

This kind of Hollywood logic will always baffle the fuck out of me. The fuck does some lame ass J-horror American remake sequel have to do with Friday the 13th? Why was Tron 3 cnancelled because Tomorrowland was shit? I can't.

 

[wenis]

They should let that dude who directed the Maniac remake (with Elijah Wood) take over a F13 remake.