Samara's and Jason Voorhees' respective returns to the big screen have been delayed once again, as Paramount Pictures has given new release dates to Rings and Friday the 13th.
According to numerous sources, including Variety, Rings has been pushed back from an October 28th debut to February 3rd, 2017. The new Friday the 13th movie, meanwhile, has been moved on the calendar from January 13th, 2017 to October 13th, 2017.
Rings, which premiered its first trailer (see below) in August, stars Johnny Galecki, Matilda Lutz, Alex Roe, and Aimee Teegarden. The third film in the American remake franchise based on 1998's Ringu, Rings was directed by F. Javier Gutiérrez and written by Akiva Goldsman, David Loucka and Jacon Aaron Estes:
"A new chapter in the beloved RING horror franchise. A young woman becomes worried about her boyfriend when he explores a dark subculture surrounding a mysterious videotape said to kill the watcher seven days after he has viewed it. She sacrifices herself to save her boyfriend and in doing so makes a horrifying discovery: there is a “movie within the movie” that no one has ever seen before…"
The new Friday the 13th movie could potentially be helmed by Breck Eisner (The Crazies remake, The Last Witch Hunter), who was reported to be in talks for the director's chair. The latest draft of the screenplay is being written by Aaron Guzikowski (Prisoners).
We'll keep Daily Dead readers updated on both films. In the meantime, what are your thoughts on the schedule changes?
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