“Jason never had a show on The CW.”
Can actor Jared Padelecki (Supernatural, Paris Hilton’s House of Wax) defeat one Jason Voorhees? We’ll find out next Valentine’s Day the 13th, when Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes and MTV Films unleash the Friday the 13th remake on hickey’d teens and horror fans still mesmerized by Crystal Lake (my hand is raised). Padelecki will star in the lead role as an investigator who visits the famous summer camp from hell to ask, “Why is there a wet, eight-foot guy in a hockey mask carrying a bloody machete standing next to that tree?”
As we previously reported, director Marcus Nispel, who gave the world Platinum Dunes’ Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake and Pathfinder, will helm the flick. Reportedly, we won’t have to wait until the second sequel to see Jason fall in love with the mask, but unfortunately the flick is not going to be in 3D or have Harry Manfredini’s gnarly disco remix of the theme song (makes for a great ring tone btw).
Of all Platinum Dunes’ horror remakes (The Birds, Rosemary’s Baby, ANOES), I wholeheartedly endorse this one. It’s a great fit for them and Nispel, and I can’t wait to see some hottie scream and jiggle as a cocky dude smoking a joint gets his head knocked off and over like Lucas in a football game. If Padelecki busts out the magnifying glass minutes later, fine. The franchise’s goods (of the gooey and rounded variety) will be delivered.
Discuss: Are you offended that Friday the 13th will be released on Valentines’ Day?
March 21st, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Not at all, I really hope people dont try to pull the same shit as they did 1 year ago today. Grindhouse on good friday anyone?
It’s just a movie, it’s not like it’s desecrating the holiday.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Remakes, model/actors, and Micheal Bay productions never dissapoint so this should be AWESOME!!!
March 21st, 2008 at 3:54 pm
@ nello
Yeah, but I really want to see if someone says “yes, i am offended.”
March 21st, 2008 at 4:34 pm
dude im just stoked he said “gnarly” in that post!
March 21st, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Yes, I am offended!
I feel like I just found out someone took a shit in the box of chocolates I just finished eating.
So please…for christ’s sake… No more remakes of anything ever!
March 21st, 2008 at 4:58 pm
ya lets not create anything original ever, we’ll just do remakes. so ridiculous i want something fresh and new, not something i’ve already seen, full of cliche horror scenes and such. not offended as to the fact its coming out on valentines, just that its coming out in general. yet everyone will still come and pay to see it, rather than watching a good movie. now i apologize it could turn out good, just lets do something new please?
March 21st, 2008 at 5:35 pm
Uh, so Jason is going to be in the remake? Cuz he definitely didn’t kill anyone in the original.
Posers.
March 21st, 2008 at 5:45 pm
@ Cinemaniac
Apparently they’ll skip the “mom is the killer” aspect and go straight to Jason. Unless you’re calling Slashfilm “posers,” and if so….womp womp!
March 21st, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Of course I wasn’t calling you guys posers, I was a little surprised that a journalist of your caliber sort of “glossed over” that aspect of the story. Where’s your sense of outrage that they’re totally desecrating our cinematic past–
Okay, I can’t keep a straight face even when I’m typing that.
Truth is, I’m all for remaking this horrible movie. I was raised on horror movies and even though I love them, I’ll willingly admit that 90% of them are crap. And that’s fine. The remakes will be crap too. And that’s also fine. But at least they’re making crap for the new generation so that they have “their” crap. If every 20-30 something film geek was completely honest, they’d cop to the fact that many of the movies they love from their childhood are more about the memories than because they are works of genius (I’m looking at you Lost Boys, Goonies, and Karate Kid).
I say let the new blood have their own. They need toughening up and I think a couple good hardcore horror movies is a good start. I mean seriously, I haven’t met a middle schooler yet who can take a punch…
And a Valentine’s release? Wow, talk about a BONUS! Count me in.
March 21st, 2008 at 8:20 pm
this guy is a super homo
March 21st, 2008 at 8:47 pm
TheKillingJoke:
…have you ever seen his show!?!?!?
March 22nd, 2008 at 3:13 am
“Can “actor” Jared Padelecki (Supernatural, Paris Hilton’s House of Wax)…”
False advertising there /film. ;)
March 22nd, 2008 at 11:34 am
Oh Brilliant. Jared is Brilliant in Supernatural.
March 23rd, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Hey Hunter,
If you want to censor and delete comments because you deem them as not contributing to the overall discussion, fine. But if someone’s critical of you, it gets deleted before someone bats an eyelash.
TheKillingJoke calls Padelecki a “super homo” and it stays on. I doubt this isn’t considered “hate speech.” I’m not calling out TheKillingJoke for his comment, I’m just calling you out for your selective censorship.
March 23rd, 2008 at 12:02 pm
And get your names right, too.
It’s MARCUS Nispel.
March 23rd, 2008 at 12:17 pm
@ A
I didn’t delete your comment. :{