I don’t usually get excited about release dates specifically, but Paramount Pictures just set a very appropriate one for Dan Trachtenberg‘s animated horror comedy, Freddy the 13th. THR reports that the indie comic adaptation will slash into theaters on October 13th, 2028…a Friday the 13th, to be exact.
It seems like such a simple concept, but some of you would be surprised at how often studios miss homerun release dates like this. Would I rather we have an actual Friday the 13th movie come out that day? Of course. But the idea of a Friday the 13th-inspired family horror comedy that kids can enjoy with their parents every Friday the 13th, and releasing on that date? That’s something I find to be pretty special, and it makes me hope the film is great.
With Trachtenberg co-directing, I one-hundred-percent expect it will be. The filmmaker has already flexed his impressive talents by revitalizing the Predator franchise with Prey. He’s no stranger to animation, either, having co-directed the excellent Predator: Killers of Killers, a film that feels like Heavy Metal meets the Predator universe.
This should be fun. I’m now very much looking forward to watching Freddy the 13th for the first time on a Friday the 13th.
Created by Yehudi Mercado (who will also co-direct), the comic “follows the trials and tribulations of the hapless Freddy Vanwinkle, the thirteenth son of a thirteenth-born son who fails at everything in contrast to his brilliant siblings.
One night, while looking after his nephew and niece, Logan and Lola, he accidentally kills the legendary slasher Nighty Night and automatically inherits the mantle of the monster. With rival killers emerging out of the shadows, Freddy has thirteen nights to break the curse.”
Described as a “PG-rated horror delivering scares and laughs to the whole family”, the logline for the new movie adaptation reads: “a family vacation turns into a nightmare when fun Uncle Freddy accidentally kills the Boogeyman and takes on his powers.”
Trachtenberg will produce the animated project with longtime collaborator Ben Rosenblatt.
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