So old horror franchise have obtained new lifetime leases in recent years, more and more people simply wanted to know why Friday 13 I cannot benefit from the same treatment. While the series was left half alive with a video game not too long ago, there hasn't been a new movie since the 2009 reboot. It seems that even with the recent plans to launch A Jason Universeit will be a while before Mr. Voorhees reappears on screen, but not entirely for the reasons you think.
At the recent Texas Frightmare Weekend, series co-creator Sean Cunningham was asked what was wrong with another Friday browse. Instead of pointing out the franchise's infamously strange rights issues, he speculated that the biggest obstacle was fear on the studio's side. He doesn't point the finger at any specific company, but he said the studio that might get the ball rolling probably wouldn't want to invest substantial sums in a project that “might not see a huge return on investment.” For him, there won't be another film for “at least” three years.
He went on to say that movie-watching habits have changed due to the pandemic, which isn't entirely untrue. Despite the decent sized hit performance like Dune: part two And Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, not all box offices are equal. After The guy who falls just in time was released in early May, Universal recently released it for streaming while it is still currently in theaters. At the start of the pandemic, Warner Bros. and Disney have chosen to stream certain films like Mortal Combat And Raya and the last dragon, which would allow for bragging rights in streaming numbers, but would be hit or miss in terms of box office performance.
That being said, big horror films tend to do quite well in theaters. Despite mixed or negative reviews, Tarot, The Strangers: Chapter One, And Night swimming did solid at the box office. New Line, owner of Friday 13 brand, is also the studio behind Rise of the Evil Dead And Nun II, who both got their money back and then some last year. It is not clear what causes Friday 13 an outlier, same as why there is such a strange sequence of bad luck behind.
Until this hypothetical new film is given the green light, Jason fans will have to take comfort in the Jason universe: the Friday The video game remains playable until the end of the year, and Jason himself is a playable character in MultiVersus, which starts next week.
(via Scary catalog)
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