Holding Out for a Hero

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And more backstories lie ahead, among them Young Hannibal, an X-Men spin-off about Magneto, and the next Friday the 13th, which will explain Jason Voorhees' choice of headgear. It's the twelfth in the 26-year-old franchise; so much for 1984's fourth one being The Final Chapter. ''Origin stories are often the coolest,'' says Toby Emmerich, production chief at New Line, whose insatiable appetite for such tales led him to greenlight that Dumb and Dumber prequel. Oh, well. ''You know, we're doing the Jolly Green Giant,'' he jokes. ''He wasn't always into vegetables, and he wasn't always green. People don't know this.''

Originally posted Mar 31, 2006 Published in issue #871 Apr 07, 2006 Order article reprints

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