Why There Was No Sequel to Freddy vs. Jason

Why There Was No Sequel to Freddy vs. Jason

by Chris Vegvary

In 2003, the world got together to watch the showdown between two of horror’s biggest icons in the industry with the movie Freddy vs. Jason. It was a battle that had been brewing for a long time, dating back to Friday the 13^th part VII, when Jason ended up fighting a telekinetic teenage girl instead. So when the dust settled, Freddy vs. Jason was the most financially successful film in both franchises (excluding the remakes), and a sequel seemed to be in the cards for our favorite horror duo…but alas, this was not meant to be. Here’s why.

When talk of a sequel to Freddy vs. Jason began, several options were thrown into the mix: the possibility of the two facing off against Michael Myers, or Pinhead, or the one that seemed to be everyone’s favorite, the character of Ashley J. Williams from the Evil Dead series, played by Bruce Campbell. A script treatment for the film was released on the internet, titled Freddy vs. Jason: Ashes 2 Ashes, and it featured Ash Williams going to Crystal Lake’s local S-Mart store to show the employees how retail is done, and of course, getting mixed up with the likes of Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger. With a treatment this good, all we were waiting for was a green light to go ahead and start filming. But then, the studios couldn’t agree on a clear winner, each wanting to see their franchise’s main character as the victor. Without any agreement on who would win, things quickly fell apart.

Luckily for us, the entire idea was not scrapped. In 2007, the first of a series of comic books was released called Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash. In it, many of the ideas from the film’s script treatment were realized in the form of comic art. While it wasn’t as thrilling as actually seeing all these characters in action on the big screen, it was definitely worth reading. A couple of years later, a sequel to the comics was realeased, entitled Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors, which saw the return of many of the survivors from previous Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13^th films as they banded together to destroy Freddy, Jason, and the Necronomicon once and for all.

So while we will never see a true and proper sequel to Freddy vs. Jason in the form of a film, at least we can all enjoy their further exploits in the world of comics. And on that note, I should mention that
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