Could Tommy Jarvis Be Returning To Friday The 13th?
It has been most every Friday The 13th fans dream to see the Tommy Jarvis character return to the film franchise. He was the one solid constant that gave the series consistency when many people felt there was none. While communicating with Six Degrees Of Hell Writer and Producer Harrison Smith, we learned Tommy's return could be a possibility.
Corey Feldman has been working hard on Harrison's newest film, and during the shoot, Harrison learned of some exciting news and thoughts from Corey about his Tommy Jarvis character that he wanted us to pass on to all of our visitors. First of all, Corey wants us to know that he is extremely grateful to the Friday the 13th fans for their support over the years. He is very aware of our enthusiasm for the film franchise and as such is currently working towards developing a new film that would bring the Tommy Jarvis character back to the screen!
Of course there are a lot of things that would need to be worked out to make this a reality, however, it is indeed encouraging to know that Corey is actively working to reprise his role in Friday the 13th. If any other updates on this news become available, we will be sure to let everyone know!
One last note, Harrison wanted to let everyone know that Corey was gracious, generous and a real pleasure to work with on Six Degrees Of Hell. Below are some on-set photos by the famous haunted hotel where the filming took place. Make sure to visit the official website for the film to catch up on all of the gory details!
www.sixdegreesmovie.com
That would be cool if he came back to the franchise as Tommy Jarvis
ReplyDeleteBe kinda hard to make a Tommy Jarvis F13 with Corey Feldman since they are now in a totally different timeline.
ReplyDeleteI did hear a couple years back that there was talk of 'rebooting' him with a new teenager or whatever, but i'm not sure how close to reality that ever was.
While i suppose it is possible to still make a sequel to the old series (The New TCM apparently is in the old timeline and is a sequel to the 1973 film not th remake 1/2 series from Platnium Dunes) I think at this point it may be confusing to the general public.
They could also do both and have Corey arrive at Crystal Lake for revenge and have cut aways to a 'young' Tommy and his family being attacked by a Derek mears bag head Jason years ago.
Maybe one of the reasons they are waiting so long as the do want to get away from the new timeline and revert to the old. Halloween seems to be sticking with there new one...
Lets see what happens.
I really hope that he can make something happen as it really would be a dream come true to see him come back as Tommy Jarvis.
ReplyDeleteI wish him luck in not only the Friday the 13th venture, but also his new film! :)
Doing a new film bringing back Tommy, with flashbacks for the exposition could certainly work. This also brings to mind the comments Swift & Shannon made, about how F13 '09 could be considered a sequel because they were never fond of the reboot or remake terms constantly applied to it, and while it would take too much suspension of disbelief for some audiences, I honestly think the majority (I.E. new generation fans, kids, casual viewers, etc.) wouldn't even notice or question it if Tommy Jarvis rolled into Crystal Lake with a grudge & sawed off because they either don't remember the character at all and/or assume that the previous films were part of the current timeline and would just accept whatever this sequel presents to them as canon without question.
ReplyDeleteOf course, *WE* would know, and spend hours all over again debating how F13 '09 fits into the original series' continuity, because dammit, it opened up in the early 90's, and if they never super-imposed that caption, we could always bullshit ourselves & say, "Hey, the prologue is still set in June of '79!", and that the main action took place after FvsJ with a completely regenerated Jason, who reverted back to the sack, because his hockey mask was just too fucked up to keep wearing. Of course, if Pamela's headstone in Part 4 didn't have the date on it, we could always bump the original franchise up a decade & say that yeah, it started in 1990 or whatever, and keep Jason in his mid-thirties rather than pushing fucking seventy, but if bombs, bullets, blades, & bad box office can't take him out, I doubt old age would be much of an issue.
Whatever the case, I'm with the legions that would love to see Tommy return, even if they have to revert back to the old timeline. Who cares, just do it, make the movie & let the audience decide where to put it, because if they reintroduce Tommy, they would have to start at the beginning some how in order to make it relevant, and would either have to basically remake Part 4 first, or like Tim said, tell the story through flashbacks, but which ever way they go, it would be a different kid playing Tommy, and so having Cory Feldman return would be almost unnecessary, considering he wouldn't be playing the same Tommy Jarvis, and that would defeat the entire purpose. Continuity has never been too great of a concern for the minds behind the series, why bother now? Just bring him back to go one more round with Jason, show some footage from Part 4 to get everyone else up to speed, and you know what, have Thom Matthews do some kind of ironic cameo, like have him in a Sheriff Garris type role, or maybe even as Mr. Jarvis, since he was mentioned but never shown....
Glad to hear this, really hope it happens, i mean honestly its better than most of the ideas i've heard floating around out there it's something that should be considered for sure!
ReplyDeleteShannon and Swift were just trying to make Fanboys happy before the release and make sure they got ticket sales. But its very clear the 09' film is a new continuity, and trying to say otherwise is pure and absolute bullshit.
ReplyDeleteJust like Batman 89' is a diff continutiy from Batman Begins, or thje 1960s 'Batman: The Movie' - F13 09' is a new telling and not connected to the older films
I personally don't understand why fans can except this, especially since most Jason fans are comic book fans and have no problem excepting reboots and remakes in that world. While i am not really a fan of F13 09' , its because its just not a very good movie, not cause its a reboot/remake. In fact I think its FLATERING to a series and a character that it can be rebooted for a whole new generation.. and in theory can be re-invented yet again in 15 years maybe. I think Zombie's Halloween's kick the living shit out the entire old Halloween series by leaps and bounds on just about every level..., and the TCM remake fairs better than most of the sequels to that series as well.
Movies are the "new" novel or comic book in that they can re-invent and reboot older concepts for a new generation.
That said... TCM3D is apparently a sequel to the 1973 film and not the remake so who the hell knows at this point. Maybe Feldman can convice them to make a sequel to the old series... but I'd bet money they won't connect the 'reboot' to it, especally is Platnium Dunes isn't producting it. Much like the TCM remakes, I think they will just leave it as a stand alone.
I agree with Timberwolf, the 2009 film is not connected to the old series, S&S were just frightened of fan backlash and decided to try and throw some comments out there and appease fans before the movie hit theatres.
ReplyDeleteIt was conceived and written as a reboot/remake, what ever you want to call it. It was a restart to the series dropping all connections to the past.
Having said that Tommy Jarvis could easily be rebooted in the series as well.Jason was essentially the same character in a new film as he was in the old, just shown to be more resourceful.
Tommy could be as well.
As DecayNY mentioned flashbacks could be shown for exposition on the character to reintroduce him, show his past with Jason, but it still wouldn't necessarily have to connect to the original series.
A Tommy who comes back to town after having experienced tragedy at the hands of Jason years ago could easily work very well with out the details being exactly the same.
The sequel would still advance the new continuity, while fans could argue all we want about connecting the film to the old series simply because a character named Tommy Jarvis is introduced.
Win win. Haha.
don't understand why they 'can't' except this...
ReplyDeleteWho cares what "timeline" it's in, or whether the "reboot" is "canonical" anyway? These flicks should be like campfire legends, so it really doesn't make any difference.
ReplyDeleteBesides, if Jason can exist in this so-called "alternate universe", then why can't Tommy Jarvis? Why not just have some on-screen dialogue that explains that Tommy had his family slaughtered, and believed he killed Voorhees, only to have him return. He returns to Crystal Lake when he hears, after many years of non-activity, that a killer with Jason's M.O.has emerged again (the events of F13 '09). Tommy is there to find out if it really is Jason, and to put a stop to him once and for all if it is! That's all you really need to make a badass F13 movie with Jarvis as the lead character.
Yea.. we already said that... just have some explaination or flashbacks to have Feldman in the new timeline (just some some kid and his family getting killed by Mears' Baghead Jason pre-2009.)
ReplyDeleteI'm sceptical they will make a film with him anyway unless Paramount/New Line just tosses F13 DTV.. and if they do that they would just make a sequel to TFC 1984 as TV is more directly for fans.
Only the bigger budget theatrical mainstream production would care about following the current incarnation because they would be following a larger viewership.