There May Not Be Any 'Freddy' and 'Jason' Films for a While...

[JamesG]

Does New Line Cinema Hate R-rated Horror? Updates on Friday & Elm Street Sequels
Saturday, January 29, 2011
By: MrDisgusting


It's been quiet on the Platinum Dunes horror front ever since the release of A Nightmare on Elm Street last April. Even the Friday the 13th sequel has been met with complete silence.



Dunes producer Brad Fuller took to Twitter late last night, and early this morning to clarify some rumors and update the status on both franchises.

"I want to set the record straight on Freddy and Jason. First, let's talk Jason," said Fuller.

"[Damian] Shannon and [Mark] Swift wrote a great script. We are ready to go, when New Line is ready. But as of yet, they are not ready," he says of the long-gestured sequel to their Friday the 13th reboot that introduced Derek Mears as the new Jason Voorhees.





As for Freddy Krueger's return to theaters, don't even hold your breath.

"As for Freddy, as far as I know, there isn't even talk of writing another script," he writes adding that "Rated R Horror movies, right now, don't seem to generate interest from the studios. Everyday we want to hear from any studio that they want a horror movie, but it hasn't happened.

So right now we are working on a handful of films, including 'TMNT,' and 'Ouija.'"

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/23239

[Retro4Life]

I feel two ways about this piece.

On the one hand, I really don't need to see more FT13 or Freddy movies. They've both had a dozen or so sequels, give or take, and it really is way past time to introduce some new horror franchises to the public (and no, I don't need anymore Saw or Final Destination sequels, either).

On the other hand, it depresses me to hear that the studios don't want any R rated horror films now. They are going so hard for that narrow target audience that requires a PG-13 rating that I fear they are really writing themselves into a corner where adult horror cannot tread. Most of the "horror" flicks I've seen in the past few years have been so homogenized, not just in terms of gore or nudity but more in terms of theme and maturity. In the current environment, I doubt we'd ever see classics like The Exorcist or the Omen or Rosemary's Baby being produced, and that's a real shame for fans of quality horror.

[dakert]

Yayyy "clap, clap clap"

[JamesG]

Originally Posted by Retro4Life

I feel two ways about this piece.

On the one hand, I really don't need to see more FT13 or Freddy movies. They've both had a dozen or so sequels, give or take, and it really is way past time to introduce some new horror franchises to the public (and no, I don't need anymore Saw or Final Destination sequels, either).

On the other hand, it depresses me to hear that the studios don't want any R rated horror films now. They are going so hard for that narrow target audience that requires a PG-13 rating that I fear they are really writing themselves into a corner where adult horror cannot tread. Most of the "horror" flicks I've seen in the past few years have been so homogenized, not just in terms of gore or nudity but more in terms of theme and maturity. In the current environment, I doubt we'd ever see classics like The Exorcist or the Omen or Rosemary's Baby being produced, and that's a real shame for fans of quality horror.

Yeah, the mainstream horror films of recent years haven't really been that great. I'm really hoping that Scream 4 is going to be good.

The studios have been doing that a lot recently, they look for where the money is and hope to bring in as many people as possible. As a result studios are becoming less likely to finance and support anything different or experimental.



By the way, I believe the SAW series is over. There hasn't been any word of any more movies and, usually with this series, they announce the sequels as soon as the current one finishes its run at the theater.

Final Destination is still going on and future films will depend on the success of the 5th one.

[MrCleveland]

That's good, there's TOO many of those films in that Franchise.

[Torgo]

Originally Posted by Retro4Life

I feel two ways about this piece.

On the one hand, I really don't need to see more FT13 or Freddy movies. They've both had a dozen or so sequels, give or take, and it really is way past time to introduce some new horror franchises to the public (and no, I don't need anymore Saw or Final Destination sequels, either).

On the other hand, it depresses me to hear that the studios don't want any R rated horror films now. They are going so hard for that narrow target audience that requires a PG-13 rating that I fear they are really writing themselves into a corner where adult horror cannot tread. Most of the "horror" flicks I've seen in the past few years have been so homogenized, not just in terms of gore or nudity but more in terms of theme and maturity. In the current environment, I doubt we'd ever see classics like The Exorcist or the Omen or Rosemary's Baby being produced, and that's a real shame for fans of quality horror.

There are quality horror films still being made, you just need to go outside of Mainstream Hollywood.

[JamesG]

Originally Posted by Torgo

There are quality horror films still being made, you just need to go outside of Mainstream Hollywood.

I haven't seen it yet, but a lot of people have been saying that Let Me In (remake of Swedish Let the Right One In) is one of the best recent mainstream horror flicks.

[Torgo]

Originally Posted by JamesG

I haven't seen it yet, but a lot of people have been saying that Let Me In (remake of Swedish Let the Right One In) is one of the best recent mainstream horror flicks.

There are definitely exceptions