Since the commercial success of Rob Zombie’s re-imagining of Halloween, it was only a matter of time before we heard of other beloved iconic horror movies being remade. Get ready to go back to Camp Crystal Lake horror fiends, because it’s looks like the wait for the new Friday the 13th remake is finally over.
Our good friends at ShockTillYouDrop gives us this:
A reliable tipster phoned in this evening (and this source is 100% solid gold, baby) to tell us Dunes is putting their proposed Friday the 13th on the pre-strike roster with the aim to begin shooting sometime in early 2008. The Dunes team, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form, we’ve been told, have also officially locked a new pair of writers to tackle the property…Damian Shannon and Mark Swift.
To be quite honest, I’m not entirely excited about this news. I was never a huge Friday the 13th fan. (Although one of my guilty pleasures is when Jason takes Manhattan) I don’t even know if fans should be excited to see a new and improved Jason just yet. If they’re remaking the first film again, horror fans will know that Jason didn’t turn up until the sequel. It was Jason’s mother (played by Betsy Palmer) that wreaked havoc on the horny teenagers at Camp Crystal Lake in the first film. Will they change the story and the killer? Are you desperately awaiting this remake? More importantly, will Kevin Bacon make a cameo? :P I guess time will tell.
