The Friday the 13th franchise has been in limbo for over 10 years with no end in site. While there’s no film on the docket, there’s a Friday story that could have been. Acclaimed writer Stephen King revealed that there is one resident of Camp Crystal Lake that he would really love to write about.
King took to his Twitter page and wrote that he toyed with the idea of writing a story about Jason Voorhees.
The best novel idea I never wrote (and probably never will) is I JASON, the first-person narrative of Jason Voohees, and his hellish fate: killed over and over again at Camp Crystal Lake. What a hellish, existential fate!
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) June 15, 2020
Just thinking about the legal thicket one would have to go through to get permissions makes my head ache. And my heart, that too. But gosh, shouldn't someone tell Jason's side of the story?
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) June 15, 2020
Blumhouse could do it as a movie.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) June 15, 2020
Aaaaaaaand… I want this novel RIGHT NOW. Let’s do one of those Ace paperback “doubles.” My half will be either LEATHERFACE: HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT or MICHAEL MYERS: BABYSITTERS, CLUBBED https://t.co/iYCSrYzktD
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) June 15, 2020
There is no denying that this concept needs to be adapted once the rights issue is settled in court.
