Hellraiser director David Bruckner is not taken with returning to Friday the thirteenth franchise

Again in early 2014, it was introduced that David Bruckner – who had beforehand directed segments of The Sign (2007) and V/H/S/ – had signed on to direct a brand new Friday the thirteenth movie. Bruckner was hooked up to the undertaking by means of two completely different approaches. At one level, he was working with The Post-mortem of Jane Doe screenwriters Richard Naing and Ian B. Goldberg to develop a discovered footage Friday the thirteenth film. When the discovered footage angle was dropped, he labored with Channel Zero creator Nick Antosca on a script that had a heavy deal with character and was presupposed to be filled with ’80s songs. Dazed and Confused was a supply of inspiration for that one. On the finish of 2015, Bruckner moved on from Friday the thirteenth. He has gone on to direct The Ritual, The Night time Home, and the brand new Hellraiser film (learn our assessment HERE)… and now, he doesn’t see himself returning to Friday the thirteenth when the copyright situation is labored out.

Talking with The Hollywood Reporter, Bruckner mentioned it was an excellent factor his Friday the thirteenth by no means went into manufacturing: “I wouldn’t have been ready on the time [to direct Friday the 13th]. If I’m sincere, the world of Hellraiser — the themes that it explores and the visible high quality of it — is one thing that’s far more of curiosity to me. I believe I’ve extra on supply the place that’s involved. So I’m very glad that I waited and did a couple of smaller indies within the interim.”

Bruckner mentioned one thing much like ComicBook.com: “I believe for me, personally, it might be onerous to seek out my means again into [Friday the 13th] now simply because it’s just like the actor’s strategy to an audition, it’s a must to simply stroll away at a sure level and put it behind you. Additionally, I spent a whole lot of time there. I labored with some fantastic writers, I believe, and I’ve modified. These concepts aren’t fascinating to me fairly the identical means they had been with the work we did particularly, however I’m a fan of the franchise. I believe in case you’re engaged on IP, whether or not it’s Hellraiser or Friday the thirteenth, this doesn’t belong to me, it belongs to all people. This isn’t the final word Hellraiser film, it’s one Hellraiser film. There might be others, there might be different Friday the thirteenth movies. They may determine it out, the IP is just too invaluable. The followers need it an excessive amount of. So no, I’ll be the primary particular person in theater to determine what they did. In fact, I’ll suppose rather a lot about what we had, however no, and it goes the identical for any of the stuff that we work on; I’m recreation, so long as I get to maintain making stuff that I’m obsessed with, I’ll be as grateful as I might be.“

There have been rumblings that point out a brand new Friday the thirteenth may go into manufacturing someday subsequent yr, however nothing has been confirmed but. In the event you’re a fan who has been hoping Bruckner may circle again round to the undertaking when it does get off the bottom, it sounds prefer it’s time to set that hope apart and take him off the director want record.

The final director who was hooked up to Friday the thirteenth at first got here crashing down was Breck Eisner (The Crazies 2010).

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