LeBron James And His Production Company Springhill Entertainment To Produce 'Friday the 13th' Reboot

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By Darian Scalamoni

            With all the success out of the gate for the 2018 reboot/sequel to the original horror series, Halloween it seems another slasher legend is bound for a new treatment as well. According to The Playlist, the Springhill Entertainment production banner that is headlined by NBA superstar, LeBron James are in negotiations to reboot the Friday the 13^th franchise.

            James was recently in the news of moviemaking as Space Jam 2 was announced with Springhill Entertainment producing as well as James leading the film as the star. James appeared in Trainwreck just a few years ago in which his surprising acting talent was on full-display but his recent move to Los Angeles to play for the Lakers has led to a much bigger involvement in producing content for film and television.

            Though there is no expectation that James will act in the reboot, he’s very vocal on his love of horror films. This won’t be the first time that the massively popular film franchise and main character, Jason Vorhees since the original 1980 movie. Since then, Friday the 13^th has generated 10 sequels and a reboot back in 2009.

            Though I’m not a huge fan of the horror genre, it seems to be a massive money maker these days with movies like A Quiet Place, The Nun, The First Purge and Hereditary killing it at the box-office. LeBron happens to be one of those audience members who wants to see more scares on screen; luckily for him (and us), he has the money and backing to produce more of them!