Jared to star in Friday the 13th remake

[agt_spooky]

From the Hollywood Reporter:

Padalecki in for 'Friday' remake

By Carolyn Giardina

March 21, 2008

Jared Padalecki is in final negotiations to star in the remake of "Friday the 13th" that Platinum Dunes is producing for New Line and Paramount.

Marcus Nispel is directing from a script by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift. Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form are producing.

Paramount released the original "Friday" in 1980, introducing horror icon Jason with a brief appearance. The remake will focus on the serial killer, who will wear his now-iconic hockey mask. Padalecki will play the lead, who investigates what happened up at Crystal Lake.

Cale Boyter and Guy Stodel are overseeing for New Line. A release is planned for -- what else? -- Friday, Feb. 13, 2009.

Padalecki stars as Sam Winchester on the CW's "Supernatural," and his film credits include "House of Wax" and "Cry Wolf." He next appears as Thomas Kinkade alongside Peter O'Toole and Marcia Gay Harden in Lionsgate's "Home for the Holidays," slated for a December release and based on the life of the artist and his painting "The Christmas Cottage."

Padalecki is represented by Artistry Management, CAA and attorney Michael Fuller.


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Oh, Jared, why must you constantly be in movies that I have no interest in watching?? Argh! But I'm thrilled for him, getting a lead part like this!

Comments

[bitchtude.livejournal.com]

Oh, Jared, why must you constantly be in movies that I have no interest in watching?? Argh!

I agree! I do not like horror movies. I like suspense movies which are kinda like horror movies but without the excessive blood, guts, violence, and most of the time have (more) plot.

ETA: I'm glad he's getting work, just wish is was different work, LOL!

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

I do not like horror movies. I like suspense movies

I'm right there with you. I just don't care for blood and guts constantly splattered across the screen. Blech.

I'm thrilled for Jared, though, getting in on the Friday the 13th franchise, which I know has a huge fanbase. He's a great actor and I'm glad he's out there doing movies.

Let's just hope his character survives to the end of the film! LOL!

[bitchtude.livejournal.com]

Let's just hope his character survives to the end of the film! LOL!

LOL! No kidding. This is one film I'm not sure I could sit through even for Jared. "House of Wax" was bad enough. "Cry Wolf" wasn't as bad. I'd watch it over HoW any day.

Am I just missing the news or has Jensen not signed to do anything during hiatus?

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

This is one film I'm not sure I could sit through even for Jared.

I know I won't be able to, unfortunately. [shudder] And he'll probably end up killed, anyway!

I haven't seen either HoW or Cry Wolf, but a friend just gave me Cry Wolf and I'll be watching it this weekend.

Am I just missing the news or has Jensen not signed to do anything during hiatus?

Nope, it's been totally silent on his end, which is a total bummer! I want him in a movie, too! One that actually makes it to the theater, unlike poor Ten Inch Hero, which I've not had the chance to see. :-(

[goingvogue.livejournal.com]

God damn it Jared, now because of you, I'm gonna end up having fucked up nightmares because I wont be able to look away from the screen and hide away like the scared little wombat I am, thanks to your sexiness. I hope your happy.

See how much I love this guy? I watched that crappy Disney thingy for him once.

OMG, DISNEY? Think he'll trainwreck?

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

See how much I love this guy? I watched that crappy Disney thingy for him once.

Ok, someone PLEASE tell me what this Disney thing is! You're the second one to mention it. Something with dolphins?? Is it Jared meets Flipper or something?? LOL!

[goingvogue.livejournal.com]

Its made from the Madeline L'Engle (RIP) book "A Ring Of Endless Light" about a girl who can talk to dolphins or something, and Jared plays one of the guys she has to choose between.

Or something like that.

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Ah-ha! I've heard that title before but didn't have a clue what it was about. She damn well had better of picked Jared! Or did he get eaten by a dolphin, thus starting his long string of dying in movies? ;-)

[goingvogue.livejournal.com]

I can't remember, it was a long ass time ago.

So you're not doing the strike either?

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

So you're not doing the strike either?

You know, I honestly forgot. I saw the google alert this morning about Jared and went and posted, then it was a couple hours later someone on my flist posted that the strike be damned, she was posting today. And I was like, oh well, too late for me now!

So I'm hoping for a chocolate covered Jensen and Jared in my Easter basket. You? ;-)

[goingvogue.livejournal.com]

Yeah I guess I'll end up posting too.

For Easter, I expect...well nothing actually, I think it all got spent on my sister.

So I'll end up holing myself up in my cave (which is what I call my room) and have a Supernatural marathon.

Unless I can convince my dad to buy me lots of Supernatural merchandise.

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

I think it all got spent on my sister.

Ok, I gotta ask. Are you the oldest? I am, and in my family that meant that the youngest got everything.

Unless I can convince my dad to buy me lots of Supernatural merchandise

So...were Sam and Dean in your Easter basket?? :-)

[goingvogue.livejournal.com]

Yes I am the oldest, and yes my sister gets everything.

What I want always comes second whenever she decides she wants something, and then she declares me the favorite when she doesn't get her way.

No Sam and Dean weren't in my Easter basket, I got shafted...again.

Should have known, same thing happened on Christmas.

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Yes I am the oldest, and yes my sister gets everything

Ah, ha! I knew it. Man, what's with the whole "the baby of the family gets everything" routine? I swear, my sister got away with murder when we were growing up, while my parents were Mr. and Mrs. Strict with me. :-(

and then she declares me the favorite when she doesn't get her way

OMG! Yes! I've been through that exact same thing.

No Sam and Dean weren't in my Easter basket, I got shafted...again.

Rats! Well, I'm glad the J2 kissy bunnies I sent you made up for it. :-)

[goingvogue.livejournal.com]

I got a locket, which I don't know why, I don't even wear jewelry, but its pretty.

And that's it.

I'm going to my dad and I am getting SPN merchandise god damn it.

In fact, that's what I'll be doing after this comment.

I remember one time, me and my sister got to do an activity together, and we could choose, because both had discounts for second children.

I wanted to do hockey, she wanted dancing and just bitched until I caved to make her stop.

*posts and goes off to beg*

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

I got a locket, which I don't know why, I don't even wear jewelry, but its pretty

A locket, eh? Hmmm...can you put a pic of Sam and Dean in there? :-)

I'm going to my dad and I am getting SPN merchandise god damn it.

You go, girl! So...what are you getting??

[goingvogue.livejournal.com]

I'm getting the two issues of the SPN magazine I don't have, and the Season 2 companion.

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Dude, that rocks! Your dad sounds pretty cool if he's willing to get you stuff like that. I'm eagerly awaiting the second season companion, too. Do you have season one's? It was good. I really liked the SPN Book of Monsters, though.

[goingvogue.livejournal.com]

I don't have season 1's although I'd really like to!

Yeah he's been pretty cool about my fandom stuff, doesn't know what my ship is because he'd probably flip.

Do you think Jared and Sandy are engaged/married?

[tracys-dream.livejournal.com]

I didn't mind House of Wax but I thought Cry Wolf was awful.

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Oh, funny you mention Cry Wolf, because a friend of mine just gave that to me as a very belated b-day gift that I plan on watching this weekend.

[tracys-dream.livejournal.com]

Oh no, it does have good moments. I hope you like it.

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Ok, good! I just really wanted to see baby!Jared. I didn't think the plot would be all that spectacular. :-)

[tracys-dream.livejournal.com]

He does look cute.

[magser.livejournal.com]

Oh im absolutely thrilled for him!! This could be an excellent move on his part,and get him noticed by the right people!Plus its a lead role!!!Very very happy for him!

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Even though horror movie aren't my thing, I'm happy for him, too. :-) I was thrilled he got the lead in the Thomas Kinkade movie as well. He's a great actor and I'm glad he's out there doing movies, so like you said, he can get himself noticed, as he deserves.

Let's just hope his character doesn't end up getting killed by Jason as all of them seem to do in those movies!

[kultiras.livejournal.com]

Maybe someday he'll be in something that will attract massive amounts of fangirls. I haven't seen any of his major movies.

Although I do admit to having seen his Disney CHannel movie with Mischa Barton and dolphins…

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Maybe someday he'll be in something that will attract massive amounts of fangirls

He needs to do a romantic comedy! We'd be falling over ourselves. Or at least I would. :-) Or a James Bond-ish action flick!

I haven't seen any of his movies, either, but I ended up with the Cry Wolf dvd the other day that I'll be watching this weekend.

Ok, what in the world is this Disney thing?? Dolphins?? LOL! Do tell!

[kultiras.livejournal.com]

A romantic comedy would kill us dead. *grabby hands* And you know we'd watch it frame by frame, just ogling shamelessly.

So the Disney Movie. It's based on the book A Ring Of Endless Light by Madeleine L'Engle. (I think I spelled that correctly.) And it's largely about dolphins. (I know the movie had virtually nothing in common with the book except character names and dolphins.)

Anyway, in the book, his character is the troubled, rich, brooding, depressed, gorgeous, bad boy, but in the film he's a rich, preppy puppy.

And Mischa Barton is the main character, which should automatically tell you the quality of acting.

And it was a Disney Channel movie circa Season 4 Gilmore Girls I think. http://imdb.com/title/tt0282123/

It never comes on tv though, and it really should, because it is a movie that we would all watch, even if we end up in hysterics over the story and script.

[khek.livejournal.com]

I was just reading this and remembered that I taped that movie back when it aired. Not because of Jared or anyone else in it, but because it's my favorite Madeleine L'Engle book, and she's one of my favorite authors.

Hmm. I wonder where that tape might have gone... I might have to look for it! It's probably in the same box with the old Days of Our Lives tapes I was recording back for a different storyline when Jensen played Eric...

[kultiras.livejournal.com]

It's my favorite book by her too, which is why I had watched it too. (And that's why I was so disappointed.)

If you have it, I would love to see if we could get it onto a dvd or upload it for everyone else to see it!

=D

But I'm glad someone else knows about it!

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I wonder where that tape might have gone... I might have to look for it!

Oh wow, you should totally see if you can find it! I know I'd pay you for a copy of it to see baby!Jared frolicking with dolphins. :-)

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

A romantic comedy would kill us dead. *grabby hands* And you know we'd watch it frame by frame, just ogling shamelessly

LOL! Damn straight we would!

Thanks for all the info on the dolphin movie. :-) Though don't you hate it when the movie has nothing to do with the book?? I mean, if you were such a fan of the book that you wanted to make a movie out of it, why change the whole thing?? That's never made sense to me.

Man, I wish I could see this thing, though, just to see baby!Jared with dolphins!

[kultiras.livejournal.com]

I hated the movie because it just murdered the book. Plus, I must admit, I was never a Jared fan until Supernatural, so I think I had very low expectations when it came out.

I really do want to see it again though, just to see what it was like, since I have blocked a large part of it from my memory.

I don't even think he gets the girl, if it followed the book in that one respect…

But yes. Jared. *grabby hands* Does a version of his failed pilot for Close to Home exist? Because I've been seeing the Legacy pics, and I really want to see it!

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Plus, I must admit, I was never a Jared fan until Supernatural,

Same here. I honestly didn't even know who he was until SPN and I only knew Jensen from watching Smallville.

I don't even think he gets the girl, if it followed the book in that one respect

What? Aww, man, who wouldn't want Jared??

Does a version of his failed pilot for Close to Home exist? Because I've been seeing the Legacy pics, and I really want to see it!

I don't know! I didn't even know about the pilot until seeing the pics on Legacy, too. And he looks SO CUTE that I'd love to see it as well. :-)

[dairwendan.livejournal.com]

I just saw the article about this on Buddy TV and this is the comment I left these -

I think this is a bad choice for Jared. Horror is not a genre where his talent for subtlety of emotion, timing (dramatic and comedic) and expressing a depth in his character can shine. Also with House of Wax, Supernatural and Cry_Wolf already on his resume, he really needs to diversify more.

I wonder if its time for him to look into hiring an agent with a higher profile who could get his name considered for more interesting projects?

Regardless of all that though, I'm a Jared fan and I'll go see it.

It's not for me to second guess why Jared would go for a project like this, maybe he needs something fast that will pay well in case he has to sell his house in Vancouver quickly and relocate to LA. But a remake of a horror film, by the same team who made the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake and the The Hitcher remake, neither of which did well critically or commercially, seems like a really bad move.

I know he still has the same guy who met him at the after-party of the Teen Choice awards and gave him a chance as his agent, and I really commend his loyalty, but I am pretty sure that agents are in a hierarchy and the more expensive ones represent the bigger stars, which in turn gives them more weight and they are called by the casting directors of the better movies or the better directors. So that's why I think a change in representation might be good for his career. He's not a huge star yet, I realize that, but he'd be better off doing a quirky little independent (like Ten Inch Hero) than something like this.

So, in short, I'm kinda disappointed about it. I just think he's better than this.

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

I totally agree about diversifying more. He's well on his way to pigeon-holing himself in the horror genre, and we all know he's WAY too talented to be stuck in that dead end type of movie making.

Scary as it sounds, I'm honestly hoping he blows Kinkade out of the water, so people can see he CAN do other types of roles.

I'm disappointed in this, too. I so want to see him in a great action flick or a romantic comedy - not getting hacked to bits. Again.

[samazon13.livejournal.com]

I doubt he's pidgeon-holing himself. I'd be willing to bet that these are the scripts he's getting offered. The entertainment industry is notorious for only wanting to see you do the things they already know you can do. Hence, when Jared was on Gilmore Girls, he got the goofy romantic roles (NY Minute, this dolphin flick of which people are speaking). Now that he's on Supernatural, and has HoW and Cry Wolf on his resume, he may only be getting offers from horror flicks. I'm actually really looking forward to the Kinkade moving coming out just because it may enable him to break that track record up a bit, and maybe get some better offers.
Anyway, all this is pure speculation, since none of us know what's really going on between him, his agent, and Hollywood producers. Maybe some day, I'll be able to give you the inside scoop. :)
-Samazon

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

I doubt he's pidgeon-holing himself. I'd be willing to bet that these are the scripts he's getting offered

Right, I'm sure that's exactly what he's getting offered, but if he keeps taking them he's gonna pigeon-hole himself and no one will ever see him as more than a teenage horror flick actor. And he'll never get any other kind of scripts, which would be terrible!

I, too, hope that he does really, really well in the Kinkade movie so that will open the door for him for bigger and better roles.

Maybe some day, I'll be able to give you the inside scoop.

I'll hold you to that! :-)

[samazon13.livejournal.com]

"Right, I'm sure that's exactly what he's getting offered, but if he keeps taking them he's gonna pigeon-hole himself and no one will ever see him as more than a teenage horror flick actor. And he'll never get any other kind of scripts, which would be terrible!"

I agree, but at the same time, he's gotta work, keep putting himself out there. At least this one, he'll be a lead character, so that's good news for his resume and bargaining power.

Maybe someone should ask him that at a Con - are you continuing to work in horror because that's your preference or that's what's on the table? Anyone here going to be seeing him soon?

-Samazon

Is Paris Hilton in it?

[feldspar2.livejournal.com]

Christ, "HOW" was just...words honestly fail me. What a craparama. I don't mind gore, but for Lord's sake, I want a script to go with it. And do people have to keep doing dumb stuff and getting bumped off? That's what killed the "Friday/13th/Halloween/Nightmare/Elm Street" franchises in the first place; characterization went down the toilet and people got killed off that you couldn't give a crap about. I swear, I'd watch Jared stand still and read from the phone book, but I'll bet money that this remake (brr, I hate that word) is gonna make "Cry Wolf" look like Best Picture material--and CW was tons better than "Devour;" at least I didn't go WTF? at the end of CW.

Re: Is Paris Hilton in it?

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Christ, "HOW" was just...words honestly fail me. What a craparama

And that's one reason why I'll never watch that one!

I don't mind gore, but for Lord's sake, I want a script to go with it.

Umm...does that actually ever happen in a slasher flick??

characterization went down the toilet and people got killed off that you couldn't give a crap about.

That's another reason I don't like horror movies - one dead person after another. Just..what's the point?

and CW was tons better than "Devour;" at least I didn't go WTF? at the end of CW.

LOL! Yes! Having just watched CW for the first time over the weekend I was damn impressed with the ending! Not so much for Devour...

[agt-league.livejournal.com]

I would TTLY watch it just for him! \o/

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Man, I just don't think I could do it, even for Jared! I'll watch Kinkade. That's horror enough for me. ;-)

[agt-league.livejournal.com]

LMAO, aww. :)