{"id":753550,"date":"2026-07-09T23:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T23:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/753550\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T23:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T23:52:08","slug":"freddy-the-13th-dan-trachtenbergs-animated-horror-movie-sets-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/753550\/","title":{"rendered":"Freddy the 13th: Dan Trachtenberg’s Animated Horror Movie Sets Release"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tParamount Pictures<\/a>\u2018 forthcoming animated feature based on the comic Freddy the 13th<\/a> has scored an appropriate release date. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe studio announced Thursday that it will release the untitled animated family-horror-comedy movie from director Dan Trachtenberg<\/a> on Oct. 13, 2028 \u2014 which, naturally, is a Friday. The Paramount Animation<\/a> film adapts Yehudi Mercado\u2019s comic Freddy the 13th, with Mercado tapped to co-direct.<\/p>\n

\n\tTrachtenberg (10 Cloverfield Lane) and Ben Rosenblatt serve as producers for the film that centers on a family vacation that takes a bad turn when lovable Uncle Freddy accidentally kills the Boogeyman and adopts his powers.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe project was first announced last month during the Annecy International Film Festival, where Paramount touted the movie as delivering \u201cwholesome PG-rated scares and laughs to the whole family.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter the feature was announced, Mercado took to Instagram<\/a> to celebrate getting to work with Trachtenberg and the studio. \u201cI\u2019m incredibly excited to have found a team crazy enough to want to make an animated horror-comedy for the whole family,\u201d he wrote at the time. \u201cMost of all, I\u2019m grateful I never gave up on my dreams. Thanks, Paramount Animation! Let\u2019s get spooky!\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tTrachtenberg, who recently signed a first-look directing and producing deal<\/a>\u00a0with Paramount, has experience with feature animation. He helmed Predator: Killer of Killers, which launched on Hulu last summer and marked the first animated title in the Predator franchise. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe filmmaker is also known for directing two other movies in the Predator series: 2022\u2019s Prey and last year\u2019s Predator: Badlands, with the latter starring Elle Fanning. His television work includes Black Mirror, The Boys and The Lost Symbol.<\/p>\n