Friday The 13th Remake Update

The return to Camp Crystal Lake is expected to hit theaters on February 13^th, 2009, brining with it more gore, grotesque killing scenes, and of course sex. The remake of the film that first showed you the face of Jason Voorhees is being directed by Marcus Nispel, co-produced by Michael Bay and Brad Fuller, and written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift. The cast includes stars such as Jared Padalecki, Aaron Yoo, Derek Mears, Amanda Righetti, Danielle Panabaker, Travis Van Winkle, Willa Ford, Nick Mennell, Jonathan Sadowski, and Odette Yustman.

The film has received some confusion in the past few months as many had speculated they would be aiming for more of a PG-13 rating, but Platinum Dunes producer Brad Fuller addressed this concern, explaining that “None of our remakes have been PG-13. How do you remake a rated R horror movie and take the guts out literally and figuratively? What is F13 without sex, drugs and really, really long sharp machete? And why would we, horror fans ourselves, produce a movie devoid of the things that made the title so appealing in the first place. So let me say for the record, that the F13 that we start shooting this Thursday is a full bodied, rated R film.”

Fuller continues to state that “It has insane kills that will be shown in all their glory- it has a group of college students who drink and even have sex. We are betting that if we don’t hold back that the audience will reward us for being bold in a time when some horror movies are playing the ratings game. So we embrace the R-rating Friday the 13th will have, and hope you (the B-D readers) will too.”