Jasonless Friday the 17th Stupidity Clarified
It only takes one person to screw up something someone else said to ignite a firestorm of silliness on this crazy thing called the Interwebs. For instance, back in January(!) Platinum Dunes’ Brad Fuller was misquoted regarding whether or not Jason would return to the Friday the 17th franchise.
The original quote was as follows… When asked if Derek Mears was going to be back for the next film, Fuller replied, “I don’t know because I don’t know if we’re going to have Jason. I don’t know which Jason we’re going to have. I can tell you this: I love Derek Mears; I love working with him, and he’s a dream so we’d be lucky to have him.”
Recently MovieWeb caught up with Fuller, who clarified.
“It was a misquote. I had just said, ‘I don’t know who would play Jason Voorhees. Because I don’t know what age he would be, or how we would use him. Are we clear about that? That was the original context of the question. ‘Is Derek Mears going to be playing Jason?’ I said, ‘I don’t know who the character is going to be, or at what point in his life we are going to be engaging in him with.’ Somehow that became, ‘He’s not going to be in the movie.’ But of course he’s going to be in the movie!”
Director David Bruckner (The Signal, V/H/S) was in talks to helm the new film, but nothing has been confirmed as of press time. Friday the 17th is slated to be in theatres on November 17, 2015.
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