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Last night on NBC’s Community, Derek Mears had a guest appearance in a pseudo B action movie called Kickpuncher. It was a very small role, but a funny little part. Derek is a great guy and I am glad to see him getting so many opportunities now, with Predators, TV guest spots and his Comedy [...]

UPDATE: I ADDED A PIC FROM THE EVENT WITH DEREK IN FULL COMEDIC ACTION!
Tonight at the times of 8:00 PM and 10:30 PM, Derek will be, as he put it, “slinging some Ha Ha”. It should be a lot of fun. So, if you live in the Las Angeles area and dig on Comedy Sportz, [...]

We mentioned that www.shopecko.com was running their holiday contests that would run through December 18th, last week. Well, today is the day you can enter to win the Friday the 13th prize back which includes Derek Mears signed items. Today, Friday December 11th, is the only day you can enter to win these items, so [...]

UPDATE: VARIOUS WEBSITES HAVE PICKED UP ON BOX OFFICE MOJO DROPPING THE RELEASE DATE FOR THE SEQUEL. NO OFFICIAL WORD YET.
Derek Mears recently posted at his twitter page that he is currently filming Predators and when a user asked if he was prepping for Friday the 13th after that, he commented “I am part of [...]

Between the days of December 7th and 18th, Marc Ecko’s shopecko.com website will be running their Holiday Giveaway. The website will be giving away numerous items, signed, including the Jason Voorhees hoodie we mentioned a few weeks back. Now, they will not announce which day they are giving away the prize back for Jason Voorhees, [...]

I missed the broadcast Friday night, but Derek sat down with Anthony Timpone and Debbi Rochon to help observe Jason’s special day by giving the skinny on what he’s up to—including some info on PREDATORS and FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2. If anyone listened to the broadcast let us know what they talked about as [...]

According to Derek Mears’ Twitter account he will be performing comedy improv tonight at Comedy Sportz LA at 8:00PM. Check out their website for more details. If you live in the area and want to catch a glimpse of Dereks comedic side, go check him out.

It was reported yesterday by various news outlets such as Variety and now it is confirmed that Derek Mears will be playing a Predator in Fox’s franchise reboot “Predators”. Derek is joining the also just announced Adrien Brody i nthe new movie. Now Derek will be able to stalk a broader range of potential victims!! [...]

Warner Bros. has officially announced the follow up to 2009’s Friday the 13th relaunch and have even given a release date!  Friday the 13th part 2 will reportedly pop into theaters on Friday, August 13, 2010! Nothing has been official in regards to what the plot will be this time around, but after the confusion that [...]

Derek “Jason” Mears has been nominated for the MTV Awards’ Best Villian. He’s up against Dwayne Johnson – Get Smart, Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight, Johnathon Schaech – Prom Night (Screen Gems) & Luke Goss – Hellboy II: The Golden Army.

Since it’s so early days right now, anyone associated with Platinum Dunes’ Friday The 13th talking about the inevitable sequel, is well worth listening to:
What I can officially say from the producers is the writers are writing the sequel right now. It’s still in the rumor status because it hasn’t been officially green lit. I [...]

We have only 10 days left until ol’ Puckface slashes his way through movie screens across the country. Feed your Friday fever with this new interview with Derek Mears from our fiends at Horrorbids.com

Throughout the long history of Friday the 13th, there have been many men to put on the makeup and the mask and call themselves Jason Voorhees. Some have embraced the role often show how proud they are to have been Jason. Some dismiss the mask. Regardless of how accepting they are about playing Jason, [...]

It’d be ironic if Jason actually had a head of hair in this film. From BD:
This morning we received exclusive intel – which has been confirmed – that Derek Mears (picture inside; The Hills Have Eyes 2, Cursed) is in final talks to play Jason Voorhees in the remake of Friday the 13th for Platinum [...]