Remakes, remakes, remakes. Seems like everything is a remake these days. Well, here’s the first image from the Michael Bay produced, Marcus Nispel directed Friday the 13th movie. Here’s Entertainment Weekly‘s interview of Michael Bay about the movie:�

You recently wrapped production on your update of�Friday the 13th, and horror buffs out there are dying to know: what’s it going to be about?�
It�s a reconception of the original. We�re introducing a whole group of new kids. What we always try to do is add a little bit of freshness to these movies that were really scary back then and update them for a new audience.�

So are you following the same plot as the very first�Friday the 13th?
It�s a little different. I don�t want to give it away because of the Internet crazies.

There’s been rumors that you’re going to include plots from all three�Friday the 13ths into your remake. Is that true?
The first two, yeah.

Where did you film the Crystal Lake scenes?
In Austin, where we also shot�Texas Chainsaw. Austin gives you a lot of looks.

Is there anything else you are willing to divulge about it?
I haven�t seen the director’s cut because he�s still cutting, but I know this one will really be scary; it�s also funny, as well. It�s a fun college adventure that goes awry. It�s not a movie I would ever show my mom! (Laughs) We don�t make these for our mothers; we make these for the fans out there.

Speaking of those fans, what do you say to people who are worried that an update ofFriday the 13th�will ruin the original?
There are always haters out there, and you can�t get rid of that. We try to be faithful, and we�re fans ourselves. It�s like when I did�Transformers ��I listened to the fans, you know, but you still have to make your own movie by respecting what was done and trying to give it a whole new twist.�

How have you given it a new twist?
You�re just not going to believe the first 12 minutes! It�s a twist in itself.�

Friday the 13th stars�Amanda Righetti, Danielle Panabaker, Travis VanWinkle, Derek Mears, and�Jared Padalecki. It’s coming out on January 13th, 2009 (that’s a Tuesday not a Friday).

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