With my experience in the horror movie community, anytime you mutter the words “Platinum Dunes” around a hard-core horror fanatic, it will usually be followed by a string of curse words. If you’re one of those people, prepare for another “tourettes syndrome” spasm. The rumors are true. Michael Bay will be producing the ‘Friday the 13th’ remake through his low budget production company, Platinum Dunes. (The company is also responsible for Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Hitcher remake)
A few weeks ago, I posted about how the writers of Freddy vs Jason are most likely going to be writing the script. Again, unfortunately, that news is sadly true.
The Hollywood Reporter gives us this:
Damian Shannon and Mark Swift have been tapped to write “Friday the 13th,” the remake of the horror classic being produced by Platinum Dunes for New Line.
Paramount released the original “Friday” in 1980, making Jason — the unstoppable hockey mask-wearing killer — a horror icon, though the serial killer made only a brief appearance in the final frames of the first movie and never killed anyone. Jason didn’t even don the famous mask until the third movie.
The remake, however, will focus on Jason — who will wear the mask and kill — and keep the famous setting of Crystal Lake.
So is anyone actually really psyched for this flick? I wasn’t a big ‘Friday the 13th’ fan when I was growing up. (My loyalties belonged to Michael Myers…lol) Do I think this slasher remake is a recipe for disaster? No. It will make money and probably be medicore at best. Honestly, they can’t be any worse than the last few Jason sequels we have seen. Although, I won’t be lining up in theatres when it slashes it way onto the big screen.
