Fans of Friday the 13th were excited to hear that Paramount regained full rights to the movie franchise earlier this year. We should be seeing a new Friday the 13th movie in the next couple of years, but did you know that a new TV series is also a possibility? During a recent interview, Sean Cunningham talked about the Friday the 13th franchise and where it's headed.
When discussing the upcoming Friday the 13th movie, he told FEARnet that it could start filming in early 2014 and it won't be a continuation of the 2009 remake's story:
"There will be another Friday the 13th, which will probably get shot in the spring. If it all goes as I would like, it would then be released at the beginning of 2015.... It won’t be a continuation of that story, though. It’ll be a fresh story."
He also talks about other areas they're trying to take Friday the 13th and Jason Voorhees:
"I think there will also be Friday the 13th: Crystal Lake Chronicles, which is sort of a Smallville. We’ve been on-again off-again with that for years and there are a bunch of great stories to be told, but I think the way that it’s finally going to get delivered is not through a conventional television network, but through the Internet. I can’t tell you who the delivery people will be, but it won’t be the traditional route. There’s also the possibility of webisodes, and I think we even have an idea for a terrific Friday the 13th video game."
Of course, nothing is set in stone, but it's exciting to hear that Friday the 13th could be back in a big way in the next couple of years. To read more about Paramount regaining the Friday the 13th movie rights earlier this year, check out our previous story at:
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