Friday the thirteenth Simply Bought a Big Replace. Perhaps.

A brand new firm simply introduced it’s come on board and is able to take Jason Voorhees and the Friday the thirteenth franchise into the long run. What precisely which means although, just isn’t fairly crystal (lake) clear.

IGN broke the information that an organization referred to as Horror Inc. is launching a brand new initiative referred to as “Jason Universe” which can create “new Friday the thirteenth activations [spanning] a variety of platforms from leisure, video games, immersive experiences, merchandise, and extra to be introduced all through 2024.” On its official web site, it touts “Welcome to a brand new period from the unique homeowners of the Friday the thirteenth franchise.”

The announcement comes on the heels of the latest information of Bryan Fuller departing the Peacock streaming sequence Crystal Lake. That sequence, if it occurs, appears to fall below this umbrella since Robert Barsamian, the president of Horror, Inc., is one in every of its producers. He additionally produced the favored 2017 online game.

“For many years, Jason shocked and thrilled audiences who saved coming again for extra,” Barsamian mentioned in a press release to IGN. “We’re excited to work with Victor Miller and Marc Toberoff on new tasks we’ll announce within the coming months.” Miller is the author of the unique Friday the thirteenth who received the rights again to that movie in 2021. He’s not part of Horror Inc. Toberoff is his legal professional.

“We’re targeted on honoring the legacy whereas elevating the fan expertise and interesting to as we speak’s horror audiences as we develop new methods to observe, work together and have interaction with the Jason Universe,” Robbie Barsamian, VP of Horror, Inc., added.

So, like, what does any of that imply? Effectively, Bloody Disgusting speculates, and we agree, that it seems like Jason Universe goes to be making all method of Jason stuff that isn’t motion pictures. Whether or not that’s TV exhibits, video video games, VR, horror activations, or viral movies, who is aware of. What we do know is that if you wish to transfer merchandise, video video games, horror activations, and extra, the very best advertising and marketing for a horror icon like Jason is an iconic horror film. So because it appears as if Horror Inc. just isn’t within the film enterprise, we aren’t fairly as excited as we may very well be about all this. Excited for positive, however just some levels much less.

“With the distinctive capability to stay on the forefront of popular culture for 44 years, Jason continues to prime charts as one of many scariest villains of all time with robust international consciousness throughout a number of generations due to billions of TikTok views plus thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands of avid gamers and film followers,” Sheri Conn, World GM of Horror, Inc., mentioned. “We will’t wait to introduce new Jason Universe activations to those superb followers.”

Together with the information was the launch of a Jason Universe web site with a sign-up for updates in addition to a bunch of social media channels. We guess that’s the place these bulletins will probably be coming within the subsequent few months.

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