More Friday the 13th goods from this weekend's San Diego Comic Con that's (finally) coming to an end. Inside you'll find the full panel tightened into one sweet news post, along with loads of photos! Read on for word from the cast and crew (Brad Fuller, Andrew Form, Jared Padalecki, Amanda Righetti, and your new Jason, Derek Mears). FRIDAY THE 13TH hits theaters February 13, 2009. Click here for all Comic Con coverage.
TRILOGY plans: “When we went into making this movie, there was no concept of making the one that comes after it. The ending to me feels very finite, if audience loves film well rack our brains and see how to bring him back. As it stands this is the only movie.” producer Brad Full explains. “Wed love to go back to Crystal Lake and make another one of these.”
JASONS CHILDHOOD: “We do explore it in the film, briefly. It’s not an origin movie,” explains producer Andrew Form.
WHY NO PAMELA VOORHEES STORY: Brad Fuller explains, “How we were going to take care of that -and with today’s audience - it would be difficult for today’s audience that Jason’s mother was killing Jared [Padalecki]… it wasn’t believable. People love Jason Voorhees and want to see [him].” Adnrew Form adds, “But you do see Pamela in the movie.”
ON MAKING THE FILM: “It’s a title we’ve all really wanted to work with. [We] figured out how to get rights settled and went off and made it,” Form Explains. “As producers we try and make the best film possible… we try to inject what we think the audience wants to see.”
WE WILL SEE HOW JASON GETS HIS MASK: “It is absolutely true, and I think we came up with something interesting,” says Fuller.
BASED IN REALITY: Fuller tells the audience, “Something we tried to do was keep it rooted in reality, it would be scarier for this particular film and the story within this film. We tried to go away from Supernatural thing…”
ON FREDDY AND JASON REUNITING: “We would love to work with Wes Craven, we love making horror movies… if they wanted (another FREDDY VS JASON) we’d love to do it.”
CAMP CRYSTAL LAKE: “Camp Crystal Lake is the biggest thing from the first one,” Form adds, “that was the most important thing was to bring back Camp Crystal Lake from the first one.”
A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF SCARE: “There’s a whole new level of scare instead of ‘Hey I’m big and have a weapon’, now you feel like oh my god this guys the real deal,” says star Jared Padalecki. “It’s a raw scare…. ”
PHYSICALLY DEMANDING: Amanda Righetti tells the audience, “[It was] physically and emotionally demanding. It was an endurance game, what was asked of us as actors. I enjoyed it for the challenges that really set for all of us. I don’t think you realize how much your body can take. When you’re in it you don’t feel it and then when you wake up…”
Padalecki chimes in, “It was a stretch and for me, it was absolutely psychically demanding. There were times I woke up and was like ‘who kicked my ass’?”
JASON VOORHEES SPEAKS TO FANS: “What I’m really excited about is that the script is smart. It’s not your regular slasher film.” Derek Mears exclaims. “It takes the best parts of [FRIDAY THE 13TH 2-4] and puts them all together. It puts the series back to reality and we understand the psychosis of why Jason’s doing what he’s doing.”
He continues, “I’m bringing] a lot of pain... the passion and intensity. The writers made him smart, instead of chasing people around; he [Jason] sets people up. He’s a smart character and you have sympathy for him….”
SEQUEL? “If everyone digs it Id love to come back. I grew up and loved the character. Its an absolute treat getting to play him – a dream come true,” says Mears.
The only thing I'm a bit concerned about is that "finite" comment, since it brings to mind the dismemberment of Leatherface in the TCM remake. Now I don't want to get the haters worked into a frenzy over pure speculation, but I sincerely hope any damage to Jason done in this film's closing moments won't hinder him from coming back in a true sequel (no prequels, please!) if this one makes big money.
Im really really stoked on this...I think it could b great. Friday the 13th part 2 was the first real horror movie I saw...I was like 6..ever since then Ive loved this genre.
I got to meet Derek yesterday after his panel. REALLY generous guy. Did you know he was in Wild Wild West with Will Smith?! I asked him how he died, cause it's kinda weird in the movie, and he just laughed and walked away....like a legend.
Has anyone else heard the rumor that he's up to play Thor?! MJOLNIR!!!!!!!
Jared is really tall (6'4), but Derek is HUGE! I can't wait to see these two fight! I have never been this excited about the opening of a horror show before. The Exorcist was always my favorite horror show, but I wasn't looking forward to the sequel of that nearly as much. I can't wait until this opens!
come on! we are talking about the longest horror franchise ever. why they' ve made a movie without an opening ending??? we need another one after this.
The best thing I read in that interview was when Fuller says they've tried to keep it based in reality, no supernatural crap! (Jason sets his victims up! Love it!!!)
ON FREDDY AND JASON REUNITING: So, Form and Fuller would want Craven to take part in a FvJ2? Why, exactly? It's not like Craven was even involved with the first one? Though, it WOULD be interesting to see Craven write and direct it after recalling that Craven and Cunningham traded a few instances where he(Craven) directed some scenes in Ft13 and Cunningham directed some scenes in NOES. Craven's already somewhat connected to BOTH franchises. I'm sure he could make a better, more traditional FvJ movie than the first one. Maybe make it less campy, more scary. His original draft of Dream Warriors came off like a major VS movie(more so than the final version), with the Dream Warriors and Freddy battling around EVERYWHERE. Hell, if Craven was involved, I'd wet myself for a FvJ sequel, though I doubt he'd ever sign on for a project. I can always hope, though!!
You feel sympathy for him???
WHAT?! I don't want to feel sorry for Jason, I want to be AFRAID of him...God, they are going to do the same thing with this series as what Rob Zombie did to Halloween. Give me my old FRIDAY back!!
Right with ya' fan9122, Quit making our horror icons look like someone you'd see on the Dr. f'n Phil show. I don't want every little thing explained away. It takes away the rawness of the character. RZ's Halloween sucked major asshole, & I don't mean the guy on board Spaceball-One !!!!! "Hey, ass-monkey, eat this"---Abominable.
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