I first saw this rumor on AICN but now it seems to have been picked up by some mainstream sources. Here’s a bit from E online
This sounded bizarre to me at first but after thinking about it, I guess it’s completely in character for QT to want to do something like this. He has always been an unabashed fan and champion of low brow genre films. He revels in pop culture. Doing a Jason movie is something that would probably appeal to him immensely.
I think this could be a really cool idea if it pans out. It could really a perfect vehicle for what QT does best - violence, dark humor, great dialogue, pop culture references. I think it could really kick ass.
I heard the same thing about QT and the Bond franchise several months ago, and nothing materialized with that. And he’s still got that Epic WWII film he’s been planning on making.
Who knows? I’ll believe it when I see it (which’ll be the first F13 film I’ve seen in decades)
What I’ve read about the Bond movie is that QT wanted to do a remake of Casino Royale and basically reset the whole Bond franchise with something more akin to the Fleming novels, the studio liked his idea but picked somebody else to direct it.
I also read somewhere else that QT shopped a Halloween treatment early in his career and got nowhere with it but that trhe slasher genre is one that he’s always wanted to take a stab at.