*Updated* Paramount Pictures has made two big shifts on the horror film front by removing both the new Friday the 13th movie and the World War Z sequel from their release schedule, with the latest film featuring Jason Voorhees being shelved altogether.
Updated: As reported by Bloody Disgusting and confirmed by Variety, the new Friday the 13th movie has been canceled by Paramount Pictures. The thirteenth Friday the 13th film was going to be directed by Breck Eisner (The Crazies remake, The Last Witch Hunter) from a screenplay by Aaron Guzikowski’s (Prisoners).
Deadline reported the news of Paramount's release schedule changes. The new Friday the 13th movie was pencilled in for an October 13th, 2017 release, while the World War Z sequel was initially slated to come out on June 9th, 2017. In place of Friday the 13th, Paramount has scheduled Darren Aronosfky’s mother! to come out on October 13th. Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more details.
Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.
When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.
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