Sweet Revenge Director Discusses Upcoming Friday The 13th Feature Length Film

After over 16 years since the last theatrical entry, a new installment in the iconic slasher franchise is officially in development. The project marks the first cinematic return of Jason Voorhees under the newly launched Jason Universe banner, managed by Horror, Inc. Not only is a feature length film in development, but a new video game is also in discussion, so fans have a lot to be excited about for future endeavors of the Friday The 13th property.

Director Mike P. Nelson helmed the short film Sweet Revenge that debuted online this past August, which was a tie-in promotion between Angry Orchard Hard Cider and Jason Universe and produced the first official return of Jason Voorhees in many years. Mike recently talked to Slashfilm about his new film Silent Night, Deadly Night and offered up his thoughts on the upcoming feature length film for Jason Voorhees.

They are working on it, that I can promise you, because I've heard of it and because I have that direct communication with them [Jason Universe], it's there. So that's really happening. And yes, they have reached out [to me about it]. As have other people. I can't say too much, but I will say that I have given my two cents, I have given them my take, and right now it's in their court and we'll go from there.

Mike brought a unique twist to the normal Jason Voorhees stalk and slash formula in his short film Sweet Revenge, introducing a new character that also drown in Crystal Lake and was resurrected just like Jason to also take her revenge. 

I think a lot of IP loses its luster because it's way too 'holier than thou' and 'we need to be careful.' Dude, get over it, man. Get out there and try something. That's the reason why the original content worked so well is because somebody went out and did something, you know what I mean? And they did something that was different. So why not do something different?

Perhaps we will get some official news on the development of the new film in 2026, but for now we will continue to monitor the progress of the new projects on the horizon for the franchise.