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If you’re looking for someone to blame after you read this story, blame Rob Zombie and his remake of Halloween. Doing Halloween over again for no discernable reason except greed resulted in earned money for the studio that pushed it, so now Hollywood is lining up more classic horror franchises to duplicate, because simply doing the same thing over again is easier than coming up with new ideas (and apparently more profitable).
First in the wake of the Halloween remake profit aftermath may be Friday the 13th. ShockTillYouDrop claims to have anonymous sources who tell them that a remake of the classic slasher film may be headed for production. They’re rushing to squeeze it in before the strike that I still don’t believe will ever happen. But it’s a good excuse to do things and not do things in Hollywood.
The rumor goes that it’s written… er rather rewritten by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift. They did Freddy vs. Jason, so I guess that means they have some credibility when it comes to reusing other people’s ideas and pretending you’ve accomplished something.
For those of you who, like me, were only three and thus not allowed to see the first Friday the 13th back when it hit theaters in 1980, here’s the skinny: The original movie takes place at Crystal Lake Camp where campers are murdered by a mysterious stalker. The movie spawned more sequels than it deserved, and even if you were only three when the original movie debuted you’re well familiar with the murderer it spawned, the hockey-lovin Mr. Jason Voorhees, a guy who much like the Muppets, once took Manhattan. Except where Kermit brought a pig, he brought a knife. Advantage Kermit.
First in the wake of the Halloween remake profit aftermath may be Friday the 13th. ShockTillYouDrop claims to have anonymous sources who tell them that a remake of the classic slasher film may be headed for production. They’re rushing to squeeze it in before the strike that I still don’t believe will ever happen. But it’s a good excuse to do things and not do things in Hollywood.
The rumor goes that it’s written… er rather rewritten by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift. They did Freddy vs. Jason, so I guess that means they have some credibility when it comes to reusing other people’s ideas and pretending you’ve accomplished something.
For those of you who, like me, were only three and thus not allowed to see the first Friday the 13th back when it hit theaters in 1980, here’s the skinny: The original movie takes place at Crystal Lake Camp where campers are murdered by a mysterious stalker. The movie spawned more sequels than it deserved, and even if you were only three when the original movie debuted you’re well familiar with the murderer it spawned, the hockey-lovin Mr. Jason Voorhees, a guy who much like the Muppets, once took Manhattan. Except where Kermit brought a pig, he brought a knife. Advantage Kermit.
