22
Oct
Up until the new millennium, cinematic crossovers were largely the preserve of Abbott and Costello or Godzilla. But that all changed in 2003 with the arrival of Freddy Vs. Jason. The Nightmare on Elm Street/Friday the 13th mashup had been 16 agonising years in the making. New Line Cinema shelled out a reported $6 million on script development alone with as many as 16 different writers taking a stab at the concept. Despite such inauspicious beginnings, however, Freddy Vs. Jason ended up being a massive hit, raking in $116.6m off the back of a modest $30m budget. All of a sudden, crossover movies were in…
