Movie Friday The 13th: The Beginning

[scaramanga]

Writers

Clint Ford

Draft Type

Any Draft

According to this the script is already finished.

The film serves as a prequel to the original 1980 film.

Dallas-based Ford is a former staff writer for The Walt Disney Company, as well as a published novelist and scriptwriter. His screenplay details and connects aspects of the Friday the 13th series not yet explored in previous installments.

The film will serve to showcase the teen years of Jason’s mother, Pamela, as well as his conception, birth, and childhood. New characters to the franchise, such as Jason’s father, will be introduced along with established characters from previous Friday the 13th films, some never before seen.

The script is a period film set throughout a 33-year period, beginning in 1946 and concluding years later in 1979. Ford’s writing format brings the Friday world somewhat out of its restrictive “horror box” to showcase how well the franchise also works in the psychological thriller genre.

 

[Freddie Franklin]

" We need more Pamela Voorhees and no Jason " - said by no one ever

 

[BobDole1357]

Can’t remember which author it was off the top of my head, but someone already tried to incorporate Jason’s family into it and failed spectacularly. These guys seem to keep missing the point.

 

[Freddie Franklin]

Can’t remember which author it was off the top of my head, but someone already tried to incorporate Jason’s family into it and failed spectacularly. These guys seem to keep missing the point.

I think the Guzikowski draft did that, though it's been a while since I looked at it.

 

[scaramanga]

Can’t remember which author it was off the top of my head, but someone already tried to incorporate Jason’s family into it and failed spectacularly. These guys seem to keep missing the point.

Wasn't it in some of unused scripts for part 9?

 

[BobDole1357]

Wasn't it in some of unused scripts for part 9?

It was one of the drafts for the recently cancelled film. I think FF is right in that it was the Guzikowski draft. Had Jason’s family and it jumped all over the place.

 

[scaramanga]

Word!

 

[Xxoxia]

" We need more Pamela Voorhees and no Jason " - said by no one ever

Actually, Dave Macrae just made a video about how he'd make a trilogy to revitalize the series, starting with a film where Pam is starting those fires / etc, and going around killing people at the camp, but we wouldn't know which character she was until the end, etc., expand on what they talked about in the first film. Then introduce Jason in the second film, etc. Actually not a bad idea.

 

[Lon]

At this point, they're just beating this dead horse deader. There's nowhere for the F13 series to go. The original series crapped out, the attempted '09 reboot face-planted... How much more ruination can this series take? Particularly considering that it wasn't exactly top-of-the-line horror in the first place?

What's the old Hebrew saying, "It was good, but it's good that it was." Jason had his run and left his mark, but it's past time to move on.

 

[KiramidHead]

This just sounds like the Guzikowski draft all over again.

 

[BobDole1357]

As I said before, if they want to make another F13 movie, just go with the Shannon & Swift draft. It’s much better than the Antosca and Guzikowski drafts, and I imagine it would be a hell of a lot better than this.

 

[blacksymbiote]

Why not just a movie with kids in the woods attacked by a hockey masked killer? It worked for a decade.

 

[cracken]

Why not just a movie with kids in the woods attacked by a hockey masked killer? It worked for a decade.

How about a bunch of hot naked women attacked in the woods by some freak in a hockey mask?

 

[blacksymbiote]

That's all you need, really.

 

[CredenceGoblin]

How about a bunch of hot naked women attacked in the woods by some freak in a hockey mask?

You might be onto something there.

 

[scaramanga]

As I said before, if they want to make another F13 movie, just go with the Shannon & Swift draft. It’s much better than the Antosca and Guzikowski drafts, and I imagine it would be a hell of a lot better than this.

What draft we are talking about?

 

[BobDole1357]

What draft we are talking about?

Camp Blood. The sequel that was going to be made after the 2009 film.

 

[scaramanga]

Camp Blood. The sequel that was going to be made after the 2009 film.

Hmm. Not sure if I have it. Is it available?

 

[Krisg1234]

At this point, they're just beating this dead horse deader. There's nowhere for the F13 series to go. The original series crapped out, the attempted '09 reboot face-planted... How much more ruination can this series take? Particularly considering that it wasn't exactly top-of-the-line horror in the first place?

What's the old Hebrew saying, "It was good, but it's good that it was." Jason had his run and left his mark, but it's past time to move on.

we just need one more good film so that there are 13 movies in the series.

 

[KiramidHead]

Nick Antosca's draft was the best chance Paramount had, and they pissed it away. That really could have been something, especially since The Ritual proved that David Bruckner can direct very well outside of found footage.