The director of ‘Prey’ and ‘Predator: Badlands’ has set his sights on the family-friendly horror comedy, ‘Freddy the 13th’.
Dan Trachtenberg revitalized the Predator franchise with Prey, Predator: Badlands and Predator: Killer of Killers. Now, he’s set to take on Friday the 13th…well, sort of. Paramount Animation has announced that the filmmaker will adapt the graphic novel horror comedy, Freddy the 13th, reports Deadline.
Created by Yehudi Mercado, the graphic novel “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.”
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.”
Okay, so not exactly Jason Voorhees, but still a project that sounds like a whole lot of fun and one I’m curious to see Trachtenberg’s take on, especially after Badlands, the most “family friendly” of the Predator franchise.
The outlet notes that Paramount Animation are pitching the feature as “PG-rated horror delivering ‘scares and laughs to the whole family'”.
Trachtenberg will produce the animated project with longtime collaborator Ben Rosenblatt.
