When the copyright lawsuit between unique Friday the thirteenth director/producer Sean S. Cunningham and screenwriter Victor Miller got here to an finish, Miller was awarded with the U.S. copyright to the primary movie. Miller went on to workforce up along with his lawyer Marc Toberoff, A24, Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller, and Friday the thirteenth franchise rights holder Rob Barsamian – the final surviving investor within the unique movie – to start out growing the “expanded prequel” / “pre-remake-quel” TV sequence Crystal Lake for the Peacock streaming service. Due to the involvement of each Miller and Barsamian, that sequence can use all components from your entire Friday the thirteenth franchise. However Cunningham isn’t simply strolling away from the Friday the thirteenth enterprise. Our pals over at Bloody Disgusting have discovered that Cunningham is overseeing reboots of Friday the thirteenth and the 1985 horror comedy Home (which he produced), whereas additionally producing an unique movie known as The Night time Driver!
All three of those initiatives are coming from the workforce of director Jeremy Weiss, who can be making his function directorial debut with The Night time Driver, and screenwriter Jeff Locker, who may have his first function writing credit score on The Night time Driver. That film is about to start out filming within the late spring / early summer season and can inform the story of “an on a regular basis salesman who recurrently drives throughout the nation promoting prescribed drugs. One evening on a backroad he encounters a madman who appears to be following him, leaving a path of our bodies in his wake. All he desires to do is make it dwelling alive to his household at any price; and by the point it’s over, he realizes that he’s both escaped the phobia or it’s adopted him dwelling.” Initially written by John Cork, the mission has been within the works for over a decade. Locker was introduced in to do a rewrite on the script, and that led to Weiss, Locker, and Cunningham discussing making new Friday the thirteenth and Home films after The Night time Driver wraps.
Talking about Friday the thirteenth, Locker informed Bloody Disgusting, “Jeremy and I pitched our dream reboot of Friday the thirteenth – with Sean’s blessing to maintain growing it with him. Clearly, the prequel TV sequence has reignited curiosity a couple of new movie so we’re hoping the encircling pleasure will encourage either side to come back collectively and provides us Jason on the large display screen once more for the primary time in 14 years, however we even have a Plan B for a sequel to the unique we predict followers will completely love and may keep away from any authorized entanglements.“
The Home reboot can be “each an replace and reimagining of the traditional sequence, centering across the delivery of a haunted home. A number of nice scares and howl-at-the-screen laughs, plus we’re bringing again a couple of of your favourite monsters from the unique for some actually enjoyable however equally terrifying kills.” There are additionally plans for a tie-in online game.
Whereas Crystal Lake seems to be a positive factor, there’s clearly extra doubt in regards to the Cunningham / Weiss / Locker Friday the thirteenth film be capable to make it into manufacturing… however I want them the very best, and would love to listen to extra details about the concepts Weiss and Locker have for my favourite franchise. The Night time Driver sounds attention-grabbing and I’d gladly watch a brand new Home, however the thought of one other Friday the thirteenth is what actually has my consideration right here.
What do you consider the concept of Cunningham producing new Friday the thirteenth and Home films, and the way does The Night time Driver sound to you? Tell us by leaving a remark beneath.
