We still don’t know what’s next for director Dan Trachtenberg in the world of Predator, but at least we now know when his next movie is coming to the world. Recently, Trachtenberg was attached to co-direct an adaptation of Yehudi Mercado’s comic Freddy the 13th, and now, Paramount has dated that film for October 13, 2028. Which, of course, is a Friday. “I’ve spent most of my career making movies that parents probably shouldn’t show their kids,” Trachtenberg said on Instagram at the time of the announcement. “Happy to announce, along with Super Mercado Comics and Paramount, I’m finally making one… they… can… ?” Freddy the 13th follows a man named Freddy, the 13th son of a 13th son, who has experienced nothing but bad luck throughout his life. Then, one night, he mistakenly kills a supernatural villain named Nighty Night and takes on his powers. “I’m incredibly excited to have found a team crazy enough to want to make an animated horror-comedy for the whole family,” Mercado posted on his Instagram. “Most of all, I’m grateful I never gave up on my dreams. Thanks, Paramount Animation! Let’s get spooky!”
Earlier this year, Trachtenberg signed a first-look deal with Paramount Pictures, which came hot on the heels of his previous three films (Prey, Predator: Killer of Killers, and Predator: Badlands) all being with 20th Century, a division of Disney. Freddy the 13th marks the first public result of that deal, though we’re certain it won’t be the last.
