Several years after Friday the 13th: The Game came to an end due to messy legal issues that have only been cleared up more recently, NECA has announced that they’re turning the special Tom Savini-designed Jason Voorhees skin from the game into an action figure!
Part of the new multi-pronged “Jason Universe” initiative, NECA’s 7″ Scale – Ultimate Savini Jason Action Figure is now on display at San Diego Comic-Con, and our friends over at ToyArk.com have been able to snap some killer photos on the show floor. Check ’em out below!
This is notably the first ever officially licensed collectible based on the fan-favorite 2017 video game Friday the 13th: The Game, and it’s expected to be released later this year.
Makeup effects legend Tom Savini of course designed the original Jason, seen in Friday the 13th (1980), as well as The Final Chapter‘s Jason, and “Savini Jason” was his interpretation of what might have happened to Jason after the epic finale of Jason Goes to Hell.
The “Jason Universe” initiative will host its own San Diego Comic-Con panel on Friday, July 25, and it’s being presented as a “celebration of Friday the 13th‘s 45th anniversary that’s filled with exclusive first looks, multiple standout giveaways, and a deep dive into Jason’s blood-soaked history and what’s lurking ahead.”
Among other things, it’ll feature a first look at “Sweet Revenge,” an Angry Orchard short-form “vignette” that’s being directed by Mike P. Nelson (Wrong Turn, Silent Night, Deadly Night). A message from the set of Peacock and A24’s “Crystal Lake” is also being promised, with the panelists including Mike P. Nelson, Horror, Inc. President Robert Barsamian, VP Robbie Barsamian, and CMO Sheri Conn, as well as Atomic Monster EVP of Film Judson Scott.
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