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Daily Mail
14 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
New Friday the 13th 'film' announced... and horror fans AREN'T happy about it
The Friday the 13th franchise is getting a new entry, but it's not quite what fans were expecting. Instead of a new full-length film, a short-form vignette is being produced to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the original 1980 movie. Titled Sweet Revenge, the project is being sponsored by Angry Orchard Hard Cider as part of a larger collaboration between the boozy brand and the iconic horror franchise. Sweet Revenge will be directed by Mike P. Nelson, who is also working on a reboot of the holiday horror film Silent Night, Deadly Night. 'I am so grateful that the team at Horror, Inc. saw something in "Sweet Revenge" and wanted it as a part of the Jason Voorhees story,' Nelson said in a statement. 'And to think 30 years ago I was trying to secretly watch these movies on VHS when no one was looking,' he continued. 'To have the opportunity to write and direct one of these stories is surreal – not to mention having an amazing team led by Chad Villella and Brianna Lee Johnson help me bring it to life! 'Not only is the vignette a new take on the beloved IP, it is a comforting, gory hug, reminding us why we fell in love with these movies. Much gruesome fun awaits you!' Production kicked off earlier this month, reports Variety. Fans were furious over news that the vignette won't be a full-length theatrical film. 'What are they doing what is this garbage? No Jason films for almost 20 years and now this,' commented one. 'They'll do anything but put jason back on a feature film. Yikes,' raged another. 'Wow... a short film. We've had a million of those already. What we want is a new film. This universe is a desperate joke,' a third commented. An all-new Jason Voorhees design was recently unveiled by special effects legend Greg Nicotero and will be used in upcoming Friday the 13th projects. While longtime fans will need to wait a lot longer for a new Friday the 13th film, an upcoming prequel series is currently on its way. Titled Crystal Lake, the series is being produced by A24 for the Peacock streaming service. Linda Cardellini will play Jason's mother, Pamela Voorhees. Other cast members include William Catlett, Devin Kessler, and Cameron Scoggins. Showrunner Brad Kane announced that production had officially started on the project last week. Crystal Lake has been described as an 'expanded prequel' to the original film and will most likely dive into the backstory of Jason and Pamela Voorhees.
Screen Geek
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Screen Geek
'Friday The 13th' Series 'Crystal Lake' Has Started Production
The Friday the 13th franchise is gradually coming back to life with the help of the all-new Jason Universe label. One of their upcoming projects is the new Crystal Lake TV series produced by A24 for release on the streaming service Peacock. Now, after years of development, Crystal Lake has finally started production. Brad Caleb Kane, showrunner for the long-anticipated television endeavor, teased as much on his Instagram profile. As you can see below, he shared an image of a clapperboard being used on the set of the show. It features the working title ' Mama's Boy ' with a neatly-designed logo featuring a machete. Additionally, it lists Michael Lennox as a director and Maceo Bishop as the camera operator. Here's the post regarding the production shared by Crystal Lake showrunner Brad Caleb Kane on Instagram: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Brad Kane (@bradcalebkane) The cast of Crystal Lake is confirmed to include Linda Cardellini as Pamela Voorhees, William Catlett as Levon Brooks, Devin Kessler as Brianna Brooks, Cameron Scoggins as Dorf, and Gwendolyn Sundstrom as Grace. The characters played by Cardellini and Scoggins were in the original Friday the 13th movie, with Pamela Voorhees notably being the film's antagonist and the mother of franchise icon Jason Voorhees. Many details regarding the project and how exactly it will tie into the greater franchise have so far been kept under wraps. However, it's expected that fans will be receiving more history regarding Pamela Voorhees and the titular Camp Crystal Lake than ever before. At a time when it's been nearly two decades since a Friday the 13th feature film was last released, fans are desperate for new material. A release date for the highly-anticipated Friday the 13th series Crystal Lake has yet to be set. However, now that the series has finally entered production, it hopefully won't be too long before more details regarding the project are revealed. Until then, let's be glad that Crystal Lake has finally made some serious progress and cameras are officially rolling.
Yahoo
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Friday the 13th' House 'Jason Universe' Announced for Halloween Horror Nights 2025
Horror fans will have no place to hide this fall when they enter Halloween Horror Nights' newly announced Friday the 13th house. Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Studios Florida have revealed 'Jason Universe' as the second maze for their 2025 event, an experience that will pay tribute to one of the horror genre's most (in)famous terrors, Jason Voorhees, 45 years after the 1980 film spawned a 10-plus film franchise. More from The Hollywood Reporter Why Candace Cameron Bure Says Horror Films Can Lead to a "Portal" That's "Incredibly Demonic" Universal Studios Unveils 'Fallout' House for 2025 Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood Invented the Attention Economy. Now It's Being Devoured by It For this original storyline, guests will go back to where the legend was born — Camp Crystal Lake — and experience what the parks have dubbed 'a vengeance tour' of horrors. Taunted and stalked while navigating Jason's ramshackle cabin to a decaying main lodge and eerie forest, campers (and victims) will find no refuge as they are flooded with 'killer moments' from the masked murderer's bloody onscreen career. The house, which will bring guests and the machete-wielding slasher face to face, follows on the heels of the 2024 Hollywood park experience 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Legacy of Leatherface,' which combined an original storyline with tributes to every version of the franchise's cannibalistic serial killer. The announcement arrives on this year's only Friday the 13th and is the second major house reveal for the 2025 iteration of the annual, bicoastal horror event. The first, announced last week alongside ticket sales, promises to bring the world of Bethesda Game Studios' and Prime Video's Fallout to life. This year's HHN event will kick off on Friday, Aug. 29 at Universal Orlando Resort and Sept. 4 at Universal Studios Hollywood. For the first time, it will also coincide with Universal Destinations & Experience's Las Vegas horror attraction, Universal Horror Unleashed, which will feature houses based on The Exorcist: Believer, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Universal Monsters and Scarecrow: The Reaping. Fans of Universal parks will also be able to celebrate the home of cinematic horror at Universal Epic Universe's classic monsters-themed land Dark Universe, where they can come into contact with characters like Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, the Invisible Man, Dracula and more. Best of The Hollywood Reporter Most Anticipated Concert Tours of 2025: Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar & SZA, Sabrina Carpenter and More Hollywood's Most Notable Deaths of 2025 Hollywood's Highest-Profile Harris Endorsements: Taylor Swift, George Clooney, Bruce Springsteen and More
Geek Tyrant
15-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
Halloween Horror Nights Resurrects Jason Voorhees in New 'Jason Universe' Haunted House — GeekTyrant
Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights has announced a new haunted house experience coming to the spooky event this year, and it will focus on the iconic supernatural killer Jason Voorhees from the infamous Friday the 13th films. The all-original haunted house experience is called 'Jason Universe,' 'which takes guests back to the summer camp where the gruesome legend was born.' 'For 45 years, Jason has tormented audiences worldwide and is considered one of the most notorious villains in cinematic history. This fall, the twisted, creative minds behind Halloween Horror Nights pay homage to the machete-wielding slasher in a horrifying haunted house that re-awakens the legend to terrify old and new fans alike.' Jason Universe will take Halloween Horror Nights guests on 'a vengeance tour throughout the summer camp to see where it all began, from the creaking floorboards of Jason's ramshackle cabin to the decaying main lodge and the eerie forest that offers no refuge for his victims. 'Around every corner, fans will be inundated with infamous killer moments from Jason's heinous homicidal career as he taunts and stalks his victims who learn too late that the legend is real.' Additional event details, including new haunted houses coming to Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort, will be revealed soon. The reckoning begins on Friday, August 29 at Universal Orlando Resort and Thursday, September 4 at Universal Studios Hollywood.
News18
14-06-2025
- Politics
- News18
Iran, Israel Set West Asia Skies On Fire, World Scrambles To Douse Flames
'We have created aerial freedom of action from west Iran all the way to Tehran," said Israel Defence Forces (IDF) spokesperson Brigadier General Effie Defrin. 'Tehran is no longer immune, the capital is exposed to Israeli strikes," he added. Israel's defence minister, Israel Katz, warned that 'Tehran will burn" if Iran continues its missile attacks. Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, vowed continued punishment for Israel and warned that any country assisting Israel, such as the US and UK, would see their regional bases and ships targeted. Friday The 13th: War Horror Begins On Friday, June 13, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, a large-scale aerial campaign targeting key Iranian nuclear and military infrastructure deep within Iranian territory. Over 200 Israeli fighter jets were reportedly involved, striking hundreds of targets. These strikes aimed to cripple Iran's nuclear programme, causing extensive damage to the above-ground electrical power supply at the Natanz enrichment plant and hitting air defence systems at the Fordow nuclear site. Israel also conducted 'decapitation strikes", resulting in the deaths of several top Iranian military figures, including General Hossein Salami, the Commander-in-Chief of the Revolutionary Guards, and Major General Mohammad Bagheri, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces General Staff. Nine senior Iranian nuclear scientists were also reported killed. Iranian officials stated that 78 people were killed and over 320 wounded in these Israeli attacks, with the majority being civilians, and reported widespread damage to residential areas and military bases across Tehran, Isfahan, and Tabriz. Iran's Response In immediate retaliation, Iran launched Operation True Promise III, firing waves of ballistic missiles and drones towards Israel throughout Friday night and into Saturday. Iran claimed to have launched hundreds of ballistic missiles, though Israel reported the number as fewer than 100 ballistic missiles and over 100 drones. These Iranian projectiles targeted various locations across Israel, including the highly sensitive Kirya compound in Tel Aviv, which houses Israel's military headquarters. While Israel's multi-layered air defence systems intercepted most of the incoming threats, some projectiles successfully penetrated. As a result of Iran's retaliatory strikes, Israel confirmed at least three civilian deaths and dozens of injuries. Two individuals were killed and 19 injured in Rishon LeZion near Tel Aviv when a missile directly hit residential buildings, and a further civilian death with 19 injuries was reported in central Israel, including the Ramat Gan area of Tel Aviv, on Saturday. Critically, there was 'significant damage" to the Kirya compound in Tel Aviv, indicating a successful breach of Israel's air defences in a crucial urban centre. Advertisement Residential buildings in central Israel also suffered heavy damage, and explosions were widely heard over Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Separately, three Palestinian children in the West Bank were injured by a missile believed to be from Iran's Houthi allies in Yemen. The intensity of fighting remains extremely high, with both nations exchanging direct threats of further escalation. What World Leaders Say Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted on X that Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu 'briefed me on the evolving situation" and that in turn he 'shared India's concerns and emphasised the need for early restoration of peace and stability in the region". US President Donald Trump has suggested that Israel's strikes could help his administration make a nuclear deal with Iran. When asked whether the Israel bombing jeopardised the negotiations, he said that maybe now Iran would negotiate seriously. French President Emmanuel Macron said he spoke to his Iranian counterpart and called for French 'diplomatic facilities and nationals in Iran and the wider region not to be targeted under any circumstances". 'I also urged the utmost restraint to avoid escalation. Iran's nuclear program is a serious concern and must be resolved through negotiation," Macron wrote on X. advetisement 'I therefore invited President [Masoud] Pezeshkian to return swiftly to the negotiating table to reach an agreement — the only viable path to de-escalation … We stand ready to contribute and to mobilise all our efforts to achieve that goal," he added. Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi spoke to his Iranian and Israeli counterparts and made clear Beijing's support for Tehran. Wang told Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi that Beijing 'supports Iran in safeguarding its national sovereignty, defending its legitimate rights and interests, and ensuring the safety of its people", according to a statement by the foreign ministry. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey told the Iranian president that Israel was looking to 'drag the whole region into the fire," according to a statement from the Turkish presidency. Erdogan also told Pezeshkian that Israel's attacks aimed to divert attention from the genocide in Gaza. Erdogan told Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that Israel needed 'to be stopped", calling it 'the main threat to stability and security in the region". advetisement Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to United States President Donald Trump and condemned Israel's attacks on Iran. Top Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters that Putin 'expressed serious concern about a possible escalation of the conflict, which would have unpredictable consequences for the entire situation in the Middle East". According to Ushakov, Trump described the current events in the Middle East as 'very alarming". Pope Leo XIV called on Israel and Iran to show responsibility and reason.
