New Official Friday The 13th Short Film Coming Soon From Jason Universe

 We are living in a whole new universe (for better or worse?) and Jason Voorhees is at the center of it. Continuing the 45th anniversary celebration, Jason Universe has tapped Variety to exclusively announce the new short film Sweet Revenge will debut the redesigned Jason Voorhees on a new adventure.

Fans will drop into a chilling weekend in the woods filled with blood-soaked surprises only Jason can deliver.

The new short form vignette film is being directed by Mike P. Nelson (Wrong Turn and Silent Night, Deadly Night reboots) and is "sponsored" by Angry Orchard Hard Cider. The new short film started production earlier this month and will debut on the Jason Universe Youtube channel as well as the Angry Orchard hosted site later this year.

Our readers may be asking what this is actually all about. Butterfinger The 13th anyone? We shall see, but this collaboration between Angry Orchard and Jason Universe is an interesting step forward for the branding, marketing, and merchandising of Jason Voorhees that Horror Inc. promised in May of 2024. 

Meanwhile, the prequel series Crystal Lake is in full production and filming currently and we wait for more news on that front. 

The new Friday The 13th series is run by Brad Caleb Kane and produced by Horror Inc., Marc Toberoff and Victor Miller (Friday 13th LLC). The series is filming this Summer and is being produced by A24 and distributed on the Peacock streaming service.

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