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Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash movie would have seen Ash killing Freddy Krueger for good

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Following the release of the long-awaited slasher crossover Freddy vs. Jason in 2003, fans were left salivating over the possibility of potential sequels adding ever more horror icons into the mix. Sadly, this never materialised, but Bloody Disgusting has got its hands on an internal memo from 2003 which shows that while New Line did […]

Friday The 13th: The Game Ultimate Slasher Edition coming to Nintendo Switch in August

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The unstoppable killer Jason Voorhees is coming to Nintendo Switch this August with the release of Friday The 13th: The Game Ultimate Slasher Edition, which is packed with single and multiplayer content for the third person survival horror game, including: All DLC and Retail Exclusive Content* – In addition to all previously released DLC – including […]

Exclusive Interview – Kane Hodder on Shed of the Dead, Jason Voorhees, Victor Crowley and more

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Ahead of its world premiere at Sci-Fi London, Flickering Myth’s Tom Beasley got the opportunity to chat to genre legend Kane Hodder about his newest film, the zombie comedy horror Shed of the Dead – and naturally, the topic of conversation also turned to some of Kane’s iconic horror roles, such as Friday the 13th’s […]

Friday the 13th rights become very murky as screenwriter wins legal battle with producer

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For the past year, Friday the 13th writer Victor Miller has been embroiled in a legal battle with producer Sean Cunningham over the rights to the slasher series, and now a court has ruled in his favour, leaving the future of the franchise and its iconic killer Jason looking very murky indeed. Miller filed suit […]

Brad Fuller explains why Paramount shut down last year’s Friday the 13th

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After several years stuck in development hell, Paramount Pictures and Platinum Dunes came close to finally getting another chapter of the Friday the 13th saga into production early in 2017, only for the studio to pull the plug on the project a couple of months before filming. During an interview with Syfy Wire, Brad Fuller […]

Platinum Dunes still hoping to produce a new Friday the 13th movie

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With original screenwriter Victor Miller and producer Sean Cunningham currently embroiled in a legal battle over the rights to the Friday the 13th franchise, the future of Jason Voorhees remains up in the air at the moment. However, despite several aborted efforts over the past few years, production company Platinum Dunes hasn’t given up hope […]

Friday the 13th: The Game leaked video showcases cancelled Jason X map

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Last month brought some bad news for Friday the 13th: The Game players, as the legal wranglings over the rights to the iconic slasher franchise spilled over into the world of video games, with Gun Media revealing that it is unable to offer any new content for the title. Among the publisher’s future plans was […]

Friday the 13th: The Game content on indefinite hold due to legal dispute

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Last year Victor Miller, screenwriter of the original Friday the 13th, filed a lawsuit against producer Sean Cunningham in an effort to reclaim ownership of the classic slasher franchise. The case remains ongoing, and now it seems that the dispute had spilled over into the video game world as Gun Media, the company behind Friday […]

Video Game Review – Friday the 13th: The Game (May Update)

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Harrison Abbott reviews the May Update for Friday the 13th: The Game… It’s only been a few months since the last update to Friday the 13th: The Game, but in that short space of time, the combined teams over at Gun Media and IIIFonic have been furiously making announcements, pledging new features at an absolutely manic […]