The hottest rumor hitting theFortniteinternet is that Jason Vorhees, ourfavoriteresident of Camp Crystal Lake is going coming to the Item Shop. We must give you proper notice:this is complete speculation, and there is no solid evidence that he’ll…erm…bless uswith his presence. By bless us, we may or may not mean send us to the good place.
Fortniteskins are all the rage in Chapter 2 Season 5 because it brings us many of the hunters from some of the most iconic movies, shows, and games. We’ve seen the Mandolorian, Predator, and T-800.Fortnitedevelopment company Epic Games has stopped at nothing to bring us our favorite villains and heroes.
Hold Up. No Way. What’s Happening?
We’ve now come to thepossibilitythat Jason Vorhees from the classicFriday the 13thmovie series is going to be a usable skin this season. The reason? Well, some knownFortniteleakers and speculators have presented some evidence for us to consider.
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Let’s make the casein favorof him coming to the game, first. Beyond the rumors that the nextFortniteskin will likely be male, the first thing we present to you is the fact that the mainframe portal has made it to Canoe Lake. As we all know, this is a portion of the map that is not often used and is yet to reveal any characters. There are plenty of other possibilities that this location could be hosting, but definitely the most iconic out of all of them is theFriday the 13thmovie series.
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Undoubtedly, you’re thinking that this is not nearly enough evidence. Don’t forget — we don’t have solid proof, and the only evidence we have is speculative. However, we also note further evidence below.
The Similarities are not Certain, butStrong
Another Tweet from aFortniteplayer, who managed to get some images for us to compare. They’re not perfect, but we can definitely see why some of these viewpoints might be remakes from the movie.
WAIT WAIT this is my theory
Call me crazy but In Camp Cristal lake that is popular for canoes FORTNITE we have CANOE LAKE
With the confirm leaks that the next hunter is a male POSSIBLY Keep in mind Jason Voorhees hunts people
MORE similar pics belowpic.twitter.com/q315iNKB3g
— Candywing 🍬 (@qCandywing)July 27, 2025
While the dock isn’t precise, the two houses lookeerilysimilar. The small one has a strong resemblance to the house in the movie’s title screen. For those of us familiar with the movie, we can definitely compare the yellow house to the large house for all the campers.
Seems…Possible. But Here’s Why it’s not Probable.
The first point: again, those images aren’t exact. It seems like they were put together randomly from some conspiracy someone thought of while playing the game.
Secondly, and most important: The future of theFriday the 13thseries is in legal limbo, and has been for years. With the way things are, no new media content can be made that features anyFriday the 13thcopyright content, which includes Jason Vorhees himself.
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We’ll link you to theFull Articlebut summarize it here for you: No one knows whoownsthe rights to the character Jason Vorhees. The person that was judged to have original copyright of the series was not a part of the development crew when Jason Vorhees took the mantle as the killer in Part II.
So, if no one knows who owns Jason Vorhees, they can’t exactly get rights to put him into a game or make new content that contains him. This includes Epic Games.
But Wait…Maybe it’s not Improbable? (It is.)
We’ll save you from making too much more speculation, but we have one more point to make. There isonepossible loophole for Epic Games to have managed to put Jason Vorhees in the game. Back before the legal battle for copyright was started in 2017, Epic Games could have made plans and designed the character. Since already made content could continue to exist, and only new content could not be added or made, this couldkind ofbe a workaround.
We’re not legal experts, but put it in layman’s terms…it makes sense! If Epic already has the content made and prepared to be added, they wouldn’t technically be adding something new. Since the legal battle was just brand new, they likely would have wanted to hold off on introducing him into the game.
What do you think? Let us know!
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