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'Friday the 13th' Producers Basically Want To Make 'The Force Awakens' Of Jason Movies


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The 2009 Friday the 13th is a terrific horror movie on its own and also a smart reboot that knows how to quickly give old fans what they want while also opening new fans to the fold. There's really only one major problem with the movie: it failed to actually reboot the franchise. Don't ask us why it failed, because we certainly don't know the answer. It seemed to do well enough at the box office ($91 million world wide) and on home video, where even more people discovered it, and yet we never got a sequel. Worse yet, Platinum Dunes, the main studio behind it, has announced several attempts at rebooting the franchise all over again, but even those attempts have failed to materialize. But now they've got a new plan, and it's one that seems to be taking a note...
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