Could the new Friday the 13th be Focusing on Jason's Younger Years?
Rumours and speculations continue to abound regarding Friday
the 13th 2015. Fans and
journalists have been pondering continuously over format (found footage or 3D?),
storylines (sequel or reboot?), cast (Derek Mears returning?) and every other
potential detail, even if Jason Voorhees himself would return at all.
Brad Fuller, producer for Platinum Dunes who will be behind
the next installment, continues to drop quotes that are both bereft of details
but at the same time cryptic in that if you read between the lines they may say
more than we realize. Mid-summer 2014,
Fuller made a statement that caused an internet fury by sounding as if it was
not likely that Jason would be featured in the new chapter. Fans ranted until Fuller clarified in early
August that he had been somewhat misquoted and, as this site reported here,
Fuller made clear that Jason would definitely be in the film or there would not
be a new film.
Now, in clarification of his misquote, Fuller again makes a
statement that may be eluding to the direction of the new film. As reported by pop-culture site Kpopstarz.com, Fuller goes on
to state that his earlier quote was in direct reference to the question of
whether or not Friday the 13th 2009’s Jason actor Derek Mears would
be returning behind the iconic hockey mask again and not if the Jason character
would be featured. He goes on to state
that “I don’t know who would play Jason Voorhees because I don’t know what age
he would be or how we would use him…I don’t know who the character is going to
be, or at what point in his life we are going to be engaging him in…”
While this may at first appear to be yet another “no-news”
news story, Fuller’s quote has led to even further speculation as to the
direction of the new script. Picked up
on by such online movie sites as Moviepilot.com in their story "Which Jason Are We Getting In The New Friday The 13th Film?" the question has now
become, could the new flick be focusing on the younger years of Jason Voorhees?
Much like the recent Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise
announcement that the next sequel in their cannon would focus on the teenage
years of the Leatherface character, speculation that the new Friday could be focusing
on the younger years of a junior Jason has begun to spread. Moviepilot’s article poses the questions:
"Another option would be a very young Jason. Maybe in his teenage years? When he was just learning how to live on his own and make use of his surroundings. Maybe even his first kill could be included, how awesome would that be? To see Jason first find the sack mask would even be nice!
Maybe we could go younger, and have a first time look at Jason before drowning. Back when he was lonely and only interacted with the only person who cared for him, his mother."
So what do we think?
Could you be up for an exploration of the early years of Jason?? Leave
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