Horror Franchises Update

This might be something I do every once in a while but there's been a few horror franchise news bits that I've wanted to talk about. Here goes.

First of all, let's talk about the Friday The 13th. We haven't had a movie since 2009 but after what has seemed like an eternity, prequel series Crystal Lake will finally come out this year on Peacock. Linda Cardellini will take on the role of Pamela Voorhees while Callum Vinson will play the young Jason Voorhees. Other cast members include William Catlett, Devon Kessler, Gwendolyn Sundstrom and Cameron Scoggins. The pilot episode was written by Brad Caleb Kane and Bryan Fuller while directed by Michael Lennox. UK/Irish viewers will get the show on SkyAtlantic and Now TV.

Back in 2024, the Child's Play franchise came to something of a standstill when SyFy's Chucky TV Series abruptly ended after three seasons and worse still, it ended on a cliffhanger. Now, it seems like a new movie from creator Don Mancini could be in development that may also resolve that cliffhanger. Of course, we do need proper confirmation but hopefully that'll be soon. It's be nice to have a new movie for the franchise's 40th anniversary in 2028.

Speaking of anniversaries, we're two years away from the Halloween franchise hitting the big 50 mark and no sign of an upcoming movie or streaming show. However we will be getting a new game coming out in September on the usual platforms. The game has Michael Myers going after a new bunch of teenagers and it looks pretty decent.

Now let's talk about Mike Flanagan for a moment. First of all in October, Amazon Prime will premiere Carrie, starring Summer H. Howell in the title role. The miniseries will run for eight episodes with many Flanagan's alumni factoring into the cast. Meanwhile on October 23rd, Clayface which stars Tom Rhys Harries in the title role will release it's first trailer tomorrow. Mike Flanagan co-wrote the script with Hossein Amini doing rewrites. The movie was directed by James Watkins. Meanwhile Flanagan's yet to be titled The Exorcist movie starring Scarlett Johansson is currently being filmed in New York with a March 12th 2027 release date. Flanagan has also signed on to direct a new version of The Mist for the WB while still trying to work on a series adaptation of The Dark Tower for Amazon Prime.

• Filming for the third season of Wednesday (Netflix) has moved to Paris. It'll be released next year.
• A seventh Final Destination movie is in development.
• The trailer for Practical Magic 2 was released. The film will be in theatres from September 18th.
• Skeet Ulrich has confirmed that filming for the third Five Nights At Freddy's will start soon.
• A new Gremlins movie is also in development.
• The Saw franchise will be overseen by Blumhouse with James Wan also returning in a creative capacity.
• Dan Stevens will be in both The Terror: Devil In Silver (AMC) and Dexter: Resurrection (Showtime/Paramount+) this year.
• Irish fans have Hokum coming out May 1st, starring Adam Scott.
• Gay themed Australian horror Leviticus will get a US theatre release from June 19th.
• Amy Madigan will reprise her iconic villain role in Gladys, which will be in theatres from September 8th 2028.

A change of pace for this blog or perhaps not. This might be a sporadic thing I do.