‘Friday the 13th’ Reboot Shut Down (Exclusive)
![The move occurs on the same day the studio undated the pic, which was to have opened Oct. 13.](http://cdn5.thr.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale_crop_768_433/2017/01/friday13th_photofest_-_h_2017.jpg)
Paramount has put the machete back in the sheath.
With just less than six weeks go to before the start of principal photography, Paramount had shut down the latest iteration of Friday the 13th, multiple sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.
The move occurs on the same day the studio undated the pic, which was to have opened Oct. 13.
Platinum Dunes, the production company behind the film, and Breck Eisner, who was to have directed the movie, received word earlier in the day, according…