Hey, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab.
Coolness. Maximum f'ing coolness.
Ted from THE DIABOLICAL DOMINION just dropped me a line to let me know that JASON X is not going straight to video. In DwarfNose's rundown of the Hamburg Fantasy Filmfest yesterday, he said an announcement was made before the screening of JASON X that suggested we wouldn't be seeing it in a theater. Well, I saw it in a theater, and it played great. I was concerned, and I said as much in my intro. Here's what Ted has to say today:
FACT: JASON X WILL BE THEATRICAL
According to a post today at "Ain't It Cool News", a reader recently attended the world premiere of New Line Cinema's upcoming slasher film, "Jason X". In his incredibly positive review of the film, he claims that, "Before seeing the movie, we were told that it would be a video premiere in the US, which would be a crying shame." He later goes on to say that "at $14 million, the movie shows every penny on the big screen, and then some. All in all, great, great, GREAT fun."
Sure, the praise is great to hear, but what about the folks at the festival claiming that the film is going direct-to-video? Well, AICN's Moriarty speculated that "It sounds like New Line is starting to tell people JASON X will definitely be going straight to video now. I hope that's just a misunderstanding, since this is actually an entertaining movie. Not a classic, by any means... it is a FRIDAY THE 13TH sequel after all... but worth a night at the theater with your friends."
After this speculation, various newsgroup and Talkback fans have gone into a sudden outrage. Well, we're here to say never fear. Although the release date of the film has jumped, slid, and now disappeared... The movie is still coming out in theaters! Don't let the rumors fool ya.
And to back it up, we've mentioned today's news to "Jason X" director Jim Isaac, who has (once more) stated the truth:
"New Line has NEVER even thought about going right to video... I can tell you I have met with everyone over there and they feel Jason X is going to be a hit for them next year and they want to open it right... So you can spread the word that is not going right to video and there has never been any talk of it going right to video."
Thank you, Jim. Everybody is still rooting for this movie, so the sooner New Line decides to release it upon the masses, the better.
Thanks to AICN and Jim.
-Ted, THE DIABOLICAL DOMINION
It's always nice to be wrong when the news turns out to be good.
"Moriarty" out.
