*Ki-ki-ki, ma-ma-ma, ki-ki-ki, ma-ma-ma.* Did anyone else hear that? Weird. Anyway, today's date is Friday the 13th of November, and with Pamela Voor
*Ki-ki-ki, ma-ma-ma, ki-ki-ki, ma-ma-ma.* Did anyone else hear that? Weird. Anyway, today’s date is Friday the 13th of November, and with Pamela Voorhees in full kill-crazy rampage mode in Sky’s Crystal Lake just last month, all things Voorhees, hockey masks, and slashery goodness have been front of mind in the run-up to today. And turns out, not without good reason. Per Deadline‘s reporting, a fresh Friday The 13th movie — the franchise’s 13th entry, in fact — is officially in the works, almost two decades on from that 2009 remake.
As confirmed by Deadline, Steve Miner, the man behind Friday the 13th Part II and the introduction of Jason Voorhees’ legendary hockey mask in Friday the 13th Part III, is returning to helm Jason’s big-screen return, with up-and-coming screenwriter David Fliegel aboard to tackle the script. An independent production from the Barsamian Family’s Horror, Inc. banner, which officially launched its multimedia ‘Jason Universe’ back in 2024, Miner’s fresh Friday The 13th project is shrouded in secrecy at the moment, its treatment presumably locked in a chest sunk at the bottom of Crystal Lake as we write this. But with everything from In A Violent Nature to Camp Miasma to the Fear Street trilogy riffing on the Voorhees mythology in recent years, there’s no shortage of potential avenues for Miner and Fliegel to explore with a reboot.
“This is the scariest and most brutal movie we’ve ever made,” teased producer Robbie Barsamian in an exclusive interview about the fresh project with The Wrap. “We made sure to hold onto all the core elements that make Jason and “Friday the 13th” what it is. Innovative kills, practical effects, scares and that classic slasher energy, but we really raised the bar across the board. The kills in this film are easily the most creative, brutal, bloody and visceral we’ve ever done. Our cast is fantastic. On top of that, Jason feels more badass than ever. We took fan feedback to develop a new hockey mask that we think longtime, classic fans are going to love.”
Added director Miner in a statement accompanying today’s news: “When I put the hockey mask on Jason for Friday the 13th Part III, I knew it would create a truly scary image that would work for that movie. I had no idea that it would live on as one of the most iconic symbols in horror films. I’m thrilled to come back and continue the legacy.”
With a fresh Nightmare On Elm Street movie in the works over at Paramount Primal and Jason Voorhees’ return now well on its way from Horror, Inc., it’s a good time to be a fan of major eighties horror franchises. Surely it’s only a matter of time before Freddy Vs. Jason 2: Electric Boogaloo makes its way to our screens…
