One of next year's most anticipated horror films is New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Pictures' Friday the 13th, which arrives in theaters February 13, 2009. Last night at the 2008 Scream Awards, teen stars Jared Padalecki and Amanda Righetti were on hand to introduce the footage shown from the film (read about it here). B-D's SpookyDan caught up with the duo who talked about their excitement for the "re-imagining" (as they called it) and about the finale of the film (beware of spoilers).
*Spoiler Warning
This past Wednesday, the film was tested with the first ever audience in Long Beach, California. Amanda Righetti, who plays Whitney in the remake, tells us that she “heard it went fantastic.”
But the more they talked, the more excited Righetti got (you could literally see her eyes light up).
"I went in for a little bit of ADR," she continues, "[I] saw a couple of pieces of it and it looks really goooooood," she exclaims with pure excitement in her voice. "I'm excited, Im really excited! We are all such a tight knit group.”
The big news comes from teen heartthrob Jared Padalecki, who plays Clay in the film. Clay is searching for his missing sister played by Amanda Righetti.
Without giving too much away, Padalecki implies to Bloody-Disgusting that the finale of the film could be a "dream sequence", an homage to the original. Basically he said that it's open to interpretation, much like the first film from 1981.
the fact that jason walks around with his weapons at his waistband, and has traps all over crystal lake, and uses people as bait, ive lost faith that this company knows what its doing.
they try so damn hard to put rationale thought behind the originals they remake that they come up with stupid ideas.
seriously its like a cross between rambo and wrong turn, jason never did ANY of those things, now he is just your demented serial killer rather than a monster.
jasonlives1986, if you think that's bad, wait until you find out (if you haven't read the spoilers death list over on IMDB) a # of the ways Jason kills some vics. at least 2 of the methods is something he has NEVER...EVER done before (and not in a good or creative way). 1 of the deaths i'm referring to, at least on paper, is SO not in Jason's character (and lame sounding) that i'm perplexed by it.
oh and what does Amanda mean by "ADR"?
Rumors and gossips and guess work, OH MY!
How about we keep our panties on and freak out about the movie AFTER seeing it? That way all the crying can at least be over facts and not pure speculation. Please?
Does anyone want a shot for shot remake of any of the original films? Hell no! This is a new take on old material with a new cast, new writers and a new director- of course there'll be new kills, and yes, maybe even a fucking toolbelt.
ADR is voice-over work done for missing and/or inaudible portions of audio in the film that the boom mic didn't quite pick up. Perhaps the boom mic has a mind of its own and didn't want to listen to this lame claptrap in progress.
I'm not sure what's worse... outright haters who bash the film just to be douchebags, or fans who get themselves worked into a snit over what they THINK they know about it and decide months before its release that it won't live up to their expectations. I suppose, in the end, both are just as bad (That's right, handwringers - You're no better than the haters!). The spoken anxieties of the latter only feed the sarcastic venom of the former, and vice versa. Thankfully, the vast majority of fans and horror viewers take the more rational approach of >gasp< waiting to see the movie itself before passing judgement. I'm stoked to see the movie too, and spend considerable time wondering/speculating how it will turn out. Fortunately for both my sanity and my eventual viewing experience, I don't reflexively and irrationally assume the worst at every turn.
Oh what the hell. I'll be there with popcorn in hand, & be happy to see a Friday film on the big screen again. "Tommy, please let's get out of here, my heart can't take any more of this"----Friday the 13th part VI.
mr. d is the one who linked us all to a review of a film that he CONFIRMED as legit, so go away if your playing that card.
its not about being a shot for shot remake, its about respecting the source material. these writers had a list of do's and donts when they wrote F v J cause they knew what a Friday movie needed and didnt, they obviously got this job because they agreed to help platinum put there own take on it, it certainly doesnt make it right or better.
jasonlives1986, you're an idiot. The fact that Jason uses traps, carries weapons around his waist and uses people as bait is a great concept. And this is a fucking reboot. Now I don't know how well these things will work in the film, but I support them in theory since slashers usually don't do such things.
And how does that make me an idiot because you like one concept that I do not?
If those are the things you like in a movie, there is this franchise out called Rambo, check it out, good luck. Your a complete moron if you think Jason does those things, the fact that they changed it is a misguided direction, much like making Michael Myers 7 feet tall in Halloween remake. Go away
Jason using traps is lifted from Crospy from The Burning. Cropsy was the Jason Jason wishes he could be and this reimage emulates Crospys nature. He kidnaps that Amanda chick cause she looks like his mom. One of the kill off's find a hockey mask in a locker, and jason kills him and gets the mask. Jason takes an axe to the face, his body is dumped in the river along wiht his mothers locket which he forced amadas character to wear. He pops out from under the docks at the end and pulls Clays character into the water, or some shit like that. And a body is tossed through a window. So purist will be happy about that. I like hpow he kills one of the teens by tossing them onto the back of a Towtruck rigging poles. You can see that in the trailer. I still hope the dunes fails in getting the nightmare franchise, but I guess I'm ok with this new friday.
You're an idiot because you're crying about the people behind this movie trying to do new things with Jason, which is the whole point of a reboot. If you want the fucker to just keep on doing the same shit over and over, I suggest YOU go watch all the previous Friday The 13th films. I haven't seen the film though and I don't know if those things will work out, but like I said... in theory I like that they're trying to have Jason do different stuff.
my bad.... They snapped Jasons neck- Clay and the female survivor bitch Pull apart 6 Tommy Jarvis and rope/noose a length of chain around jason neck the other end is tossed into a wood chipper and it snags the chain and snaps Jason's neck. They toss his body into the lake along with the mask after this. Jasin koolaid man busts out from under the dock and he grabs the survivor bitch and pulls her under. PD Totally set this one up for one more sequel. What a tame death scene in contrast to the other films!!! Give the fans a left hook from nowhere PD give them an empire strikes back ending. Heres what you do chop half of jasons face off have his hands dig into his exposed brain and mouth after the other end of the face hits the ground. Doing what his mother did with her hands at the end of the original part one. Now theres no doubt that Jason is fucking dead! but heres where you fuck with the audiance, and you give this film an ending that sucker pucnes them in the gut and sets up one more sequel with out question. I mean hell you can really kill jason and shock the fans they know he's dead, and now heres how you fucking end it so everyone sits there with gapped open mouths of shock. You show us a halloween 2 like ending with the survivors driving away from the camp all fucked up over what happened. and from out of nowhere a body slams into the front winshiled of the car, the car flies off the road. It flips over, the survivor bitch flies out the front window. The survivor males head slams into the wheel his face is crushed in, he lets out a death gurgle- The girl slwy comes too her vision clears she's see the legs of her attacker she looks up. We focus on the face. The face looks eaxctly like jason did (we saw his face when it was chopped off) He pushes the face of his dead borther into her face smaering the blood and guts against the side of her head. IT jasons twin brother. She starts to mutter he drops his brothers body, he grabs her head by her hair the back wheels of the flip vehical are still spinning. He drags her to it. he lifte her up the camera zooms in on the wheel, and he slowly lowers her face into it, she lets out a deafening scream. Cut to black when the the sound of her face hitting the tire cuts in..... Much better than having him come back from a reworked part 6 chain hang scene. And doing a bullshit koolaifd man bust out. I have issues with wood being soft enough to left machettes come through them from underneath and above. You know what scenes I'm talking about. knifes going all the way through a head an impaling someone to somthing. Not possible! Please re shoot the ending with something like what I suggested. Dont go tame! Surprise the audiance!!!!
The one great thing about the original Friday The 13th films is that they had a sense of light-heartedness to them despite the bodycount pastiche; the characters were memorable and likeable, and the tone of the film always reflected the nature of its characters - fun and zippy. Platinum Dunes have yet to break free from the bleak hostility that permeates their films. I understand it's about a backwoods guy chopping up teens, and there's bound to be bloodshed, but PD's track record for focusing too much on the despair leads me to believe this will be an empty, depressing venture. Alot of the old kills had a hint of parody to them as well, which I liked. Crispin Glover getting killed with the one thing he's looking for, Vera getting shot through the eye because she thought Jason was Shelley, et al. I can foresee someone in this movie stumbling upon Jason and he brutally hacks him/her to pieces. I suppose that's fine if you're into that sort of thing, but a slasher film works more if there's an underlying hint of mordant humor behind the killings. Of course, this is just my humble opinion. I curse these remakes and such but I always end up seeing them anyway. I guess lambasting them is easier on me than getting my hopes up considering 99 out of 100 times, my lambasting was justified. We'll see, I guess.
So I dont know exactly what your point is, do you support reboots? Remakes? I do not, esspecially if there going to use the Friday the 13th name and characters, make there own story with it and than sell it to the very fans who don't know what there getting. Whatever.
jasonlives, so would you be into a FRIDAY sequel (i guess we're up to part 11 now?).
just curious.
ZILTOID i totally respect what you're saying but i always wondered if the lightheartedness or irony in the kills was intentional or not. i DO see what you mean about the heavy feeling i get when i watch the TCM remake (which i still think is good even though i can't stand R. Lee Ermey). it's a bleak, and depressing film (which i guess is the intent of the movie).
I think the whole point of a remake (I'm against them too) is to prove you can challenge the previous entry film while respecting the source material, and better still you can actually surprise long time fans by well doing something different. I think the ending for the remake is weak and predictable. I hate that the stabbing weapons can go through surfaces into the body above and below them like floor boards and wood planks on docks and an entire human head including the wall behind it. I was hoping for a little more realism with the violence in this remake. And you ending is predictable. Predictability is lame. I swear you need to hornor the fans and do something to jason that leaves no doubt that he's dead and then you drop his mom or an unknown siblin into the mix- We all know you want to make another one if this makes money. Grab the last two survivors and Derek Mears and film a real ending! Koolaid man is laughable and predictable.
Im fine with a remake, however I just have issues with some of the things there doing. I havent even mention the fact that this movie has underground tunnels and this is their explanation of how Jason is every where at all times, I mean come on. I dont think part 11 is the right way to go, however, if it was part 11 where it ignored 8-X and also played like an original movie, that would of worked. I just dont like how Jason is some regular Joe in the woods. They cut this baby Jason because it was part of what was to be prequel flashbacks, Jason living in the woods eating rodents, living and just waiting until he was big enough to do damage. Christ, these things were better left unexplained.
I agree with everyone who has the opinion of "shut the fuck up and wait to see if it sucks or not." Of course this remake has potential to fall flat on its face... but it could also be fun. I'm hoping for the latter.
jasonlives1986 I like the fact that he is tracking his "prey". It makes it more intresting then him just poping out of no where and killing. I am starting to think all you people who have something bad to say about this remake are not true horror fans. First people complain that they dont try something new with the halloween remake which was the best one out of all of them then friday the 13th trys to do something a little different and you assholes complain about it. Make up your damm minds or shut the F up.
I'm excited to see it when it comes out. BTW, i don't mean to be the spell check or anything but in your report, you said the first movie came out in 1981, that was actually Part 2. The first film came out in 1980, just wanted to let you know in case you wanna edit it.
event hough i hate remakes (except for tcm and the ring remake) i was looknig forward to this until they decided to cut out the dude that was gonig to play baby jason and the chick that was going to play jasons mom. to me i think its disprectdul to the original f13th. anywhoo i agree with jasonlives....ill still might see this because i grew up with friday 13th and just to see if it lives up to the hype then ill judge it for myself after.
as far as the TUNNELS go, apparently (according to the guy who's seen it and posted over at F13-community) there's NOT really tunnels. it's more of one long-ish basement basically under his old, dilapidated house. so NO tunnels.
I never really thought the original series of movies was all that good, the only reason Jason is an icon is because he was in so many sequels. Had he appeared in one movie, instantly forgettable. It'll be a DVD purchase for me.
You people are acting as if the original series is faultless. Lets be honest as much as we love the Friday the 13th movies some of them are absolutely awful! You can't do a proper remake of the original because it wouldnt have Jason in it and therefore people wouldn't see it. So you reboot the franchise with Jason in it from the get go and take the strongest films in the series (the first 4) which have very similar plots anyway and merge them taking the best from each. Now the people moaning about Jason wouldnt do this blah blah blah, forget the Jason you know this is a new 1. Just like the new Leatherface was completely different to the original and as much as i love the original the new 1 made the old 1 look like a complete pussy! I'm hoping that the new Jason will take what we love about the old one and amp it up to make him even more badass but in a more believable setting!
I'm with you, Dark One. There's no way people would watch a remake of Friday the 13th without Jason. I wouldn't. So there's no way it can stay 100% true to the original. You can't please everyone though.
The first friday the 13th was pretty boring really. Don't get me wrong it launched a whole genre as well as one of the most iconic characters ever, but when you watch it now it seems kinda lame and slow paced. I think a shot for shot remake, or an exact replica of the old jason would be really shitty. If your goal is not to raise the bar then you should just leave well enough alone and do something else. I can't wait to see this I think it will be awesome.
The differance between the originals being flawed and the new one, is the originals is what the character is.
Horrorfan83, wether or not anyone is a true horror fan or not is not for anyone else to decide, my only point being is that if I wanted a smarter Jason who tracks his prey, uses people as bait, kidnaps people and DOESNT kill them, than I dont think Friday the 13th is the movie I should be watching.
Who gives a crap? We are all going to go see this movie at the midnight showing (if applicable) and leave the theater cheering and saying that this movie was the best thing since sliced bread! As long as there is a man in a hockey mask slicing and dicing "innocent" victims, who cares?
jasonlives1986
Have you ever actually watched ANY of the Friday films? The reason I'm asking, is because you said Jason has never used a trap, stalked or ever wore a weapon on his waist and you make him sound like he's an idiot. All of which you're wrong on. He has used traps, he stalks everyone, he showed intelligence in Jason Goes To Hell when he spoke in another body and in the very movie you mention in your ID, carried his machete in a sheath on his waist along with other stuff.
You have no clue at all what you're talking about, so stop trying to make yourself out as some Friday the 13th expert when you're clearly not.
Damn, nightmare_ david just tore jasonlives1986 a new ass-hole!!! "Ain't got time to waste my hate on you, I think I'll keep it for myself"-----Metallica.
yeah before I start to cry, im going to actually see the movie, if it rocks then awesome, if it sucks...well its not like we didnt see it coming. No big deal. Another notch for crappy remakes. As someone else stated, Im just excited to actually see another Friday the 13th film in the theaters. I'll be there with popcorn in hand, hell yeah. Hooray for Jason!!!
TURNED BY THE WHOLE IT'S A DREAM BIT, SEEMS THEY REALIZED THEY COULDN'T MAKE A REAL STORY AND JUST DO IT WAS ALL A DREAM BIT, PROBABLY WITH THE OLE PHANTASM TWIST ENDING WITH JASON BURSTING THROUGH AT THE DREAMER WHEN THEY WAKE UP.
Tru dat about "who wants a frame by frame 'remake' "
This is a REIMAGING people. And from what I've seen - this is going to be bad ass !!! I hope we have Fridays for another 20 years !!!
Damned if you do and damned if you don't.
Who cares?!?! Jason needs some quality screen time and im glad to see him back. Derek Mears is gonna own the role.
Let's be honest the whole series died off terribly...ahem..puppy dog jason in FvJ and the annoyance of part 5 and 9, The live action Comic that was Jason X.
This will be great....pull the axes from your hallowed heads people and just enjoy whatever reboots. The suck we boo together...it rules..we hope for more.
Marcus Nispel gave us the remake of TCM and that was good ( in my opinion..waiting for the one snob to prove me wrong )...except for the constant wet jessica biel..why?
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