For the first time since 2009, Jason Voorhees is returning to the big screen. A new Friday the 13th movie is slated to hit theaters in 2027, helmed by franchise veteran Steve Miner.
According to Deadline, the new film will embrace Friday the 13th‘s indie roots, with Horror, Inc. financing and producing the project. Miner will direct from a script by David Fliegel.
Miner is best known for helming Friday the 13th Parts II and III. The former was the first movie in the franchise to feature Jason as the killer, and the latter supplied him with his now-iconic hockey mask.
“For generations of fans, Jason’s identity is inseparable from the creative choices Steve Miner brought to the screen,” Horror, Inc. Executive Vice President Robbie Barsamian said in a statement. “Reuniting with Steve under a fully independent model allows us the creative control to honor what makes Jason the greatest slasher of all time and deliver the definitive theatrical event that today’s audiences expect.”
“When I put the hockey mask on Jason for Friday the 13th Part III, I knew it would create a truly scary image that would work for that movie,” Miner added. “I had no idea that it would live on as one of the most iconic symbols in horror films. I’m thrilled to come back and continue the legacy.”
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The announcement marks a significant milestone for a franchise that has spent much of the past two decades mired in complicated rights disputes. The original 1980 film from director Sean S. Cunningham and writer Victor Miller was released through Paramount Pictures, which went on to distribute seven sequels. In 1993, following the underperformance of Jason Takes Manhattan, the franchise moved to New Line Cinema, which produced subsequent entries Jason Goes to Hell, Jason X, Freddy vs. Jason, and the 2009 Friday the 13th reboot.
In 2016, Miller filed a notice to reclaim his original screenplay, and Horror, Inc. filed a lawsuit to block it by claiming he was a work-for-hire employee. Miller ultimately prevailed, securing U.S. rights to the original screenplay, while Horror, Inc. retained other franchise rights. The complicated ownership situation contributed to the franchise’s prolonged absence from theaters.
However, Friday the 13th has recently begun making a comeback. The prequel series Crystal Lake premiered this past October from A24 and Peacock, bringing Jason’s world to the small screen. Now, with a new theatrical installment announced for 2027, the franchise is preparing for its first theatrical outing in nearly two decades.
Plot details for Miner’s Friday the 13th movie remain under wraps, but his return brings the franchise back to one of the filmmakers who helped establish Jason Voorhees as a horror icon.
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