A new actor plays the horror icon Jason Voorhees for the first time in more than 15 years

Horror fans have been entitled to new media for a long time, featuring Jason Voorhees killing young people near a lake. Even “Friday the 13th: the match” was closed last year. But finally, the people of Horror Inc. and the recently launched Jason universe modify the situation. Although we do not get a new feature film yet, an official short film entitled “Sweet Revenge” is online next week. In addition to that, we now know who plays Jason in the so-called vignette.

According to Bloody disgusting, the holder of the world record of Guinness and stuntman, Schuyler White, will represent the murderer eating machetes behind the mask in “Sweet Revenge”. Directed by Mike P. Nelson (“Bad Tour”), the short film of the next is 13 minutes and, as the trailer indicates below, it will offer classic sensations “Friday 13”. That said, specific details of the plot are kept under the Wraps at the moment.

As for White, his Hollywood cascade work includes films such as “Haunt” and “V / H / S / 85”. He has also managed special effects on horror films like “Do’t Breathe 2” and in the next “Shelby Oaks”. So he has the Bonafid horror, the physique and the cascade experience to carry it out. Indeed, it seems to be very well suited for the role.

The last actor to have officially gave life to Jason on the screen was Derek Mears in the remake of “Friday 13” “of 2009, which won $ 91.5 million at the box office and was a great success. Although a suite was planned (the one that would probably have seen Mears come back as Mr. Voorhees), the franchise then found heated in a load of disorder, which has resisted almost anything with this beloved slasher icon in the last decade and of the change.

Without entering into the nitty gritty of all this, the rights of “Friday 13” were taken in an unpleasant legal battle between the original screenwriter “Friday 13” Victor Miller and the director Sean S. Cunningham. The Slasher Classic in 1980 of the pair includes Pamela Voorhees, Jason’s mother, as a killer, with Jason appearing only briefly like a young boy since the adult, the jason hockey mask only became a factor. So when Miller obtained the rights of the original scenario, he obtained the name of “Friday 13” and all these elements, but not the adult jason.

This is why making a new film have been a nightmare, because the rights were mainly divided between Miller and Cunningham. Anyway, things finally change. A24 and Peacock are now advancing with a television program “Crystal Lake”, which will mainly be a series of prequel. Be careful, this show faced problems, with the original Bryan Fuller showrunner leaving after a lot of development.

Aside from the short film, the people of Jason Universe have promised a lot, especially new goods, experiences, games, etc. As for a new film? In 2025, San Diego Comic-Con, the vice-president of Horror Inc., Robbie Barsamian, gave hope on this front, declaring (via a bloody bloody), “I can tell you that a new film immediately and a new follow-up is at the top of our list.

What it looks like or when we really see that it is the assumption of someone. However, things finally happen 16 years after Jason Voorhees has honored the silver screen for the last time. For what it is worth, Nelson also makes the next restart of the film “Silent Night, Deadly Night”, so he could be a good candidate for Jason’s next film, especially if this short film is going well.

“Sweet Revenge” will be presented on Youtube on August 13, 2025. Those who live in New York can attend a first person in person sponsored by Angry Orchard by registering on the Eventbrite page here.