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Synopsis: When California girl Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches tall. Alerted to the threat of this new monster, the military jumps into action and Susan is captured and secreted away to a covert government compound. There, she is renamed Ginormica and placed in confinement with a ragtag group of other monsters: the brilliant but insect-headed Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D.; the macho half-ape, half-fish The Missing Link; the gelatinous and indestructible B.O.B.; and the 350-foot grub called Insectosaurus. Their confinement is cut short, however, when a mysterious alien robot lands on Earth and begins storming the country. In a moment of desperation, The President is persuaded by General W.R. Monger to enlist the motley crew of Monsters to combat the Alien Robot and save the world from imminent destruction.

 

Release Date:		February 20, 2009
MPAA Rating:		TBA
Starring:		Nicholas D’Agosto, Eric Christian Olsen, Sarah Roemer, Molly Sims, Danneel Harris, Adhir Kalyan, Annalynne McCord, Philip Baker Hall and John Michael Higgins.
Directed By:		Will Gluck
Produced By:		Matthew Gross, Peter Jaysen, and Charles Weinstock

In The International, a gripping thriller, Interpol Agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts) are determined to bring to justice one of the world’s most powerful banks. Uncovering myriad and reprehensible illegal activities, Salinger and Whitman follow the money from Berlin to Milan to New York to Istanbul. Finding themselves in a high-stakes chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk as their targets will stop at nothing – even murder – to continue financing terror and war. Directed by Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run) from an original screenplay written by Eric Singer, The International was shot on location in Germany and throughout Europe.

JARED PADALECKI (Clay) is currently filming the fourth season of The CW's successful thriller "Supernatural," in which he stars as Sam Winchester, the sweet, reluctant hero who joins his brother to save their father from unseen forces. Previously, he had been best known for his starring role as Dean, the boyfriend of Alexis Bledel's character, Rory, on "Gilmore Girls."

Padalecki recently starred as famed artist Thomas Kinkade, alongside Peter O'Toole and Marcia Gay Harden, in the biopic "Home for Christmas." Based on the life of one of America's most collected living artists, the film dramatizes the inspiration behind Kinkade's painting The Christmas Cottage.

His additional feature credits include the horror film "House of Wax," with Chad Michael Murray and Paris Hilton; "Cry Wolf," as a precocious boarding school student drawn into a "liar's club" hoax involving a serial killer; "Flight of the Phoenix," opposite Dennis Quaid and Giovanni Ribisi; "New York Minute," with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen; and "Cheaper by the Dozen," starring Steve Martin.

Previously, Padalecki spent two months in Australia filming the lead in the television movie "A Ring of Endless Light" based on the novel by Madeline L'Engle, and landed the coveted title role in The WB's telefilm "Young MacGyver."

Also for television, he hosted MTV's "Room 401." The series, from executive producers Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg, took viewers on a weekly, mind-blowing journey in which talented, up-and-coming illusionists scared and deceived innocent bystanders.

Born and raised in San Antonio, Padalecki won the 2000 Presidential Scholar Award for the National Foundation for Advancement of the Arts, in a theater competition comprising over 7,000 entrants.


DANIELLE PANABAKER (Jenna) garnered critical acclaim for her breakout performance in the HBO miniseries "Empire Falls," in which she starred opposite Paul Newman and Ed Harris. More recently, she starred as James Woods' unwaveringly wise daughter on the CBS drama "Shark."

Panabaker's television credits also include starring roles in "Searching for David's Heart," for which she won the 2005 Young Artist Award for Best Performance for a TV Movie Leading Young Actress; the Lifetime movies "Mom at Sixteen" and "Sex & the Single Mom"; and the Disney Channel Original Movie "Stuck in the Suburbs." Her series guest star credits include "The Guardian," for which she won the 2004 Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series Guest Starring Young Actress; "Summerland"; "Law and Order: SVU"; "CSI"; and "Malcolm in the Middle." Additionally, she appeared in the Disney Channel Original Movie "Read It and Weep," in which she and her sister, Kay, played versions of the same character.

Her feature credits include the thriller "Mr. Brooks," opposite Kevin Costner and Dane Cook; "Yours, Mine and Ours," with Renee Russo and Dennis Quaid; and "Sky High," alongside Kurt Russell and Kelly Preston.

Born in Georgia, Panabaker graduated from high school at the age of 14, and recently received her Bachelor's degree in English from UCLA.

AARON YOO (Chewie) was most recently seen starring opposite Michael Cera in "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist," which premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival. Yoo's breakout role came in 2007, when he starred opposite Shia LaBeouf in the worldwide hit "Disturbia." Subsequently, he starred opposite Kate Bosworth and Kevin Spacey in the box office hit "21," based on the bestselling book Bringing Down the House; and "The Wackness," starring Ben Kingsley, which premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and won the Dramatic Audience Award. His previous feature credits include the World War II-Japanese internment camp drama "American Pastime" and the Sundance favorite "Rocket Science."

For television, Yoo has made guest appearances on "ER," "Law & Order: SVU," "Love Monkey" and "Ed." He was also featured in a recurring role on series "The Bedford Diaries."

Yoo's career began off-Broadway, where he starred in such U.S. and world premiere productions as "Where Do We Live," at the Vineyard Theatre; "wAve" and "Savage Acts," for the Ma-Yi Theatre Company; "Cellophane," at the Flea Theatre; and the National Asian-American Theatre Company's "Fuenteovejuna." Other New York stage credits include "The Gifted Program" at the LAByrinth and "Karaoke Stories" for the Imua! Theatre Company.

Born in Dallas and raised in East Brunswick, NJ, he earned a BA in Theatre from the University of Pennsylvania, and holds a second degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do.


AMANDA RIGHETTI (Whitney) can currently be seen in the new CBS drama series "The Mentalist," alongside Simon Baker. On the big screen, she most recently co-starred with Seann William Scott and Paul Rudd in the hit comedy "Role Models."

Earlier in her career, she secured the lead in the FOX pilot "No Place Like Home," from producers Chris Keyser and Amy Lippman, which led to her landing the recurring role of Hailey Nichol on the hit show "The O.C." In addition, she has starred on two other FOX series, playing Tessa Lewis on "North Shore" and Jenna Moretti on "Reunion."

Her additional television credits include a guest-starring role on the CBS drama "CSI" and a supporting role in the television movie "Romy & Michele: In the Beginning."

TRAVIS VAN WINKLE (Trent) was seen earlier this year in the hit comedy spoof "Meet the Spartans." His other big screen credits include Michael Bay's worldwide blockbuster "Transformers," the comedy "Accepted," the crime thriller "Confession" and the comic book spoof "Instinct vs. Reason," a short about the tribulations of becoming your own Super Villain.

For television, Van Winkle has made guest appearances on such hit series as "7th Heaven," "The O.C.," "Malcolm in the Middle," "That's So Raven" and "Quintuplets."

DEREK MEARS (Jason Voorhees) has established himself as one of the busiest actor-stuntmen in film & television, in such films as "The Hills Have Eyes II," "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," "Zathura," "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," "Men in Black II," and "Wild Wild West." His additional feature credits as a stuntman include "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," "Semi-Pro," "Blades of Glory," "World Trade Center" and "Signs."

For television, Mears has been featured in guest-starring roles on such series as "CSI: Miami," "ER," "The Shield," "Masters of Horror," with John Carpenter, and the Jack Black-produced sketch comedy show "Acceptable TV," among many others.

Mears was born and raised in Bakersfield, California.

ARLEN ESCARPETA (Lawrence) follows "Friday the 13th" with leading roles in several independent features. He next stars in the drama "Roslyn," followed by Preston Whitmore's "Dough Boys." He also stars as a young LAPD officer on patrol during a racial gang war in the drama "818," on which Escarpeta also serves as a co-producer.

In 2005, Escarpeta earned critical acclaim for his breakout film role as an honor student caught with a handgun at school in the independent drama "American Gun." The film, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, also starred Forest Whitaker, Marcia Gay Harden and Donald Sutherland. The following year, he co-starred with Matthew McConaughey and Matthew Fox in McG's true-life drama "We Are Marshall," about the aftermath of the 1970 plane crash that killed Marshall University's football team.

Escarpeta was more recently seen in David Wain's comedy "The Ten," which premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. He had earlier appeared in Carl Franklin's courtroom thriller "High Crimes," starring Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd.

Escarpeta first gained attention on the small screen when he starred in the NBC series "American Dreams." He played Sam Walker, a young black man dealing with the changing times of the turbulent `60s. His television work also includes guest roles on such series as "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," "Without a Trace," "Cold Case," "Judging Amy," "ER," "The Shield," "Boomtown" and "Boston Public."

"Somebody go missin' round here, they gone for good."

"What you do when you make a movie like this is ask yourself, 'What is it about the mythology that makes people want to watch it over and over again?'" says director Marcus Nispel. "Then you make sure you give them what they want, but not exactly what they expect. That's what makes it fun."

"Jason Voorhees, Darth Vader, Freddy Krueger... there are a few villains that just stick with you," states star Jared Padalecki. "You're interested in what they'll do next, what other havoc can they wreak. Even if you haven't seen the movies, you've heard of them, you've heard of 'Friday the 13th.' It's all about Jason."

After the success of 2003's "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," Platinum Dunes producers Michael Bay, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller reunited with Nispel to bring a new "Friday the 13th" to the screen.

"Because 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' was so successful," notes Fuller, "Michael and Drew and I sat down and said, 'Are there any other titles that we loved when we were growing up?' That's when 'Friday the 13th' came into our minds."

"We all felt it would be great to take the character of Jason Voorhees and bring him back to the screen," adds Form.

"We are horror fans first and producers second and we all grew up with and loved the 'Friday the 13th' films," informs Fuller. "They were fantastic and a lot of fun in their own way. They really created a subgenre within the horror genre that struck a cord with audiences. So when you are presented with the opportunity to make a movie like this, it's impossible to say no if you truly are a fan."

Fuller expounds, "The greatest thing about the films was the experience of sitting in a theater with other people and being scared out of my mind. I went to a summer camp in Maine and one of the big reasons most people get so scared watching the films is because so many of us have had a summer camp experience or have gone camping."


The Legacy...

On Friday, June 13, 1958, two Camp Crystal Lake counselors slip away from the campfire gathering of friends for an illicit rendezvous, where they are discovered and murdered by an unseen assailant. More than two decades later, the refurbished camp is preparing to reopen. The town loon warns that "Camp Blood," as he calls it, has a death curse, but the caretaker and his young counselors ignore the mysterious lore, only to be gruesomely murdered by Pamela Voorhees, a woman whose young son, Jason, drowned in 1957. Only one counselor would survive to tell the tale of their 24-hour nightmare of terror that shocked and horrified audiences in the 1980 film "Friday the 13th."

The stark, in-your-face violence of the movie broke the mold as one of the forerunners of a new and different age of horror film and quickly became an instant classic as well as a box office sensation. The subsequent franchise, one of the highest-grossing horror franchises of all time, expanded beyond the big screen to include a television show, novels, comic books, video games and more. The film's iconic villain and the visage of his trademark hockey mask became part of modern pop culture. Platinum Dunes producing partners Bay, Form and Fuller felt the franchise was ripe for revamping.


A Re-imagining...

A dynamic force on the set of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," director Marcus Nispel has a unique creative process that "really worked the first time," recalls Fuller. "Marcus has a great sense of style and by re-teaming with cinematographer Daniel Pearl, we all felt that the movie was going to have a unique, beautiful, rich look."

Fuller continues, "Marcus completely understands the timing of the scare, probably better than anyone else today. It may not seem like a complex thing, but it's like a comedy director who knows exactly where to put the joke. He also infuses the film with frenetic energy."

"I said to them, 'Whatever you do, bring the fun back and find a way to incorporate an underground system for Jason to operate from,'" explains Nispel. "I liked that idea because I don't think summer camps in general are particularly scary in this day and age--you needed something more."

"Friday the 13th" is the producing team's seventh title to date and, with all the horror genre success under their banner, Fuller and Form felt it was critical to find writers who were really connected to the franchise.

"We were very lucky that writers Damian Shannon and Mark Swift, who had written 'Freddy vs. Jason,' were excited to take the ride," says Fuller. "We knew they cared as much about Jason and his legacy as we did and were confident that they would deliver a script that took all of the best elements of the first few films and combined them with some fresh, inventive stuff. They really nailed it."

"When the script came in, I loved it," comments Nispel. "It's still the same terrifying Jason, only they reveal aspects that hadn't been shown so far."

For screenwriters Shannon and Swift, revamping one of the most recognizable horror villains ever meant going back to the franchise's roots. "We felt it was important to go back to the basics and put Jason back in the woods again," reveals Swift.

"Our idea was to make the story much grittier than in recent years, with a fast and loose Jason like never seen before," adds Shannon. "We wanted to make him someone who was actually in the woods surviving off the land like a real human being would."

"We wanted the character to be territorial, like a hunter," injects Shannon. "It's not like he's just going around killing people randomly. If you invade his territory, he's going to protect his turf and you're going to pay an awful price."

Nispel appreciated the writers' respectful take. "They would never refer to Jason as the monster or the villain. He is the anti-hero. And that is what draws me to these kinds of characters. I'm not generally that interested in supernatural characters. What's scary for me is that somebody like Leatherface or Jason could be my neighbor."

For Shannon and Swift, as well as the filmmakers, one of the biggest challenges in writing and developing the screenplay was deciding where to start the film and what to include from the 11 previous films.

"It's a lot of pressure to re-launch a franchise like this because you really have two different audiences to please." says Fuller. "There are the fans who already know the stories and are going to come to see it because of the curiosity factor. Then you have to try to also capture those who weren't necessarily fans of the title, but who love a good horror film. We felt that a way to serve both those audiences was to give them something they haven't seen before, but also tie it in with iconic moments from the original films."


Happy Campers...

Once the script was in place, the filmmakers focused on casting a young ensemble of actors to play the college kids who unwittingly enter into the realm of a murderer.

The first character the filmmakers had to cast was Clay Miller, the young man looking for his sister, who has gone missing after a weekend camping trip. Jared Padalecki, who currently stars on the television show "Supernatural," was selected for the role.

"Clay's sister left on bad terms and has been missing for over a month, and he just wants to find out for himself what happened," explains Padalecki. "He knocks on the door of a lake house and he ends up getting entangled with a group of young kids who are there for the weekend."

"Jared Padalecki was the first person cast in the film and it really set the tone," says producer Brad Fuller.

"We were already fans of Jared's from 'Supernatural,'" notes Andrew Form. "He's really talented and hardworking, plus he's a big guy, so we knew we had someone who could probably give the villain a run for his money."

"I was in middle school when I saw the original "Friday The 13th" and I remember it scaring the life out of me," laughs Jared Padalecki. "When I found out they were remaking the movie, I was very excited about getting involved."

While looking for clues to the whereabouts of his missing sister, Clay meets Jenna, who is on a weekend getaway with her friends. Played by Danielle Panabaker, "Jenna is ambiguously dating Trent, whose parents own a big cabin that she and several other friends go to for the weekend," says the actress. "She and Trent have not hooked up and she's not sure if it's something she wants to pursue. She's just there to have fun and hang out at a beautiful house by the lake."

"The character of Jenna is a little bit complicated. We need the viewer to like her, even though she goes to the lake house with one guy and ditches him for a different guy," explains Nispel.

The casting could have been tricky. "There's an incredible innocence to Danielle," says Form. "She's not naive; she just has a wide-eyed view of the world, which was needed for Jenna. The character had to be likeable so audiences understand why she makes the choice that she does and love her for doing it."

Playing Jenna's would-be suitor, Trent, is Travis Van Winkle, who first caught the attention of the producers in a small role in Michael Bay's "Transformers." "Travis had worked with Michael and was the first person that we thought of to play Trent," reveals Form.

Fuller offers, "There are nuances to his performance that were not on the page, things that he did that really enhanced his character. Travis brought so much to it."

"Trent is a jerk," states director Nispel bluntly. "He is arrogant, but he has to be likeable at the same time, if such a thing exists."

"Trent is really trying to score, so he figures if he brings a bunch of friends up to his parents' lake house for a big blowout, he will be able to finally hook up with this particular girl," explains Van Winkle. "Unfortunately things don't quite work out the way he planned."

For Van Winkle, the opportunity to be in the re-launch of "Friday The 13th" was one he couldn't pass up. "Are you kidding me? I was all over it," the actor enthuses. "It's Jason! The hockey mask! All I wanted was to have an awesome death scene."

While Jason terrorizes the woods around Crystal Lake, the characters of Lawrence and Chewie, played by Arlen Escarpeta and Aaron Yoo, bring some comic relief to the film as a pair of best friends who never miss an opportunity to keep the party going and the one-liners flowing.

"Chewie is the jester of the film," laughs Aaron Yoo. "Someone told me back in the day that in a movie like this, there's something necessary about watching a clown die. The first time Arlen and I met the producers they said, 'You don't really have to do anything scary in the movie, just be funny. If you're not funny, we'll throw you in a meat compactor and send you home.'" Yoo hoped they were kidding, but in a horror movie, he couldn't be sure.

"Chewie and I are the new-age Wonder Twins and when we get together, it's just total debauchery," offers Escarpeta. "Lawrence and Chewie together is the ultimate combo--it's like getting the burgers, the fries and all the calories that come with it. We taste great but we're so bad for you," grins the actor. "Anybody we can get our hands on in the movie, we're either poking fun at them or making fun of someone else with them. We're frat guys without being in a fraternity. We're our own fraternity."

"Both Arlen and Aaron were able to make their roles even funnier and more organic than was on the page," comments Form.

Taking the role of Clay's missing sister, Whitney, is Amanda Righetti from the hit TV show "The Mentalist." "I was quite young when the first films came out, but I remember the character of Jason very well," comments Righetti. "When I auditioned for the role, they didn't let me read the script, so it really was a leap of faith. After I got the part and read it, I was really excited because I thought Whitney had an unusual character arc that I didn't expect. The script was innovative and fresh and you don't really know who is going to live and who is going to die, which will keep the audience guessing."

"Amanda's a tough girl and has the guts and the gumption to get up and go when the time comes," admires Form. "She takes it very seriously and brings a level of commitment to the character that I love."

While Nispel and the filmmakers were busy assembling the cast of characters who find themselves at the mercy of a psychotic killer, they also had to decide who would brandish the machete and slip on the iconic hockey mask, effectively becoming the new Jason Voorhees. During the almost 30-year history of the franchise, there have been several actors who have played the character. This time around, the filmmakers chose actor and stuntman Derek Mears to portray the genre's instantly recognizable villain.

"When we talked about who would play Jason, we all agreed we wanted an imposing actor," says director Nispel. "We had already hired Jared Padalecki, who is six-foot-four, so we knew we needed a very big actor as well as a stunt double to do the stunts for the actor playing Jason."

"When Derek stood in the room and you could see exactly how he's built and how he moves, we knew he was Jason," remembers Form. "He had the exact build we were looking for and it was a blessing that he was also a stuntman. We were much more interested in his acting because it was really important for us that he was not mechanical in any way. We wanted a real actor behind the mask and Derek took that very seriously."

"I grew up playing Dungeons & Dragons, collecting comic books, and I loved horror and sci-fi films," says Derek Mears. "'Friday the 13th' is one of my favorites. It's such an honor to play Jason Voorhees, and I feel a tremendous responsibility to the fans."

"Derek really transcended the character and put so much care and meticulous thought into his performance," says director Marcus Nispel. "He brought an intensity and fluidity to the character that audiences have never seen before. I really hope that moviegoers have the vision to look behind the mask; he adds so much that comes through and it really elevates the film."

"Casting our films is something that is very personal for me," admits producer Brad Fuller. "Some of the actors in the film we had met before and were on a list of people we wanted to work with. Each one of the actors we have cast has a piece of themselves in the character that they're playing."


The Many Faces of Jason...

A big challenge for the filmmakers and the writing team in developing the film was deciding on what Jason would wear to cover his deformed face. In the long history of the franchise, Jason first appeared in the final frames of the original film, jolting audiences out of their seats with his shocking leap out of Crystal Lake. In the second film, fans turned out in droves to watch the popular villain don a burlap sack. It wasn't until the third installment of the franchise that Jason put on the hockey mask that would propel him to a new level of pop culture status.

The filmmakers made the decision early in the scriptwriting process to have Jason begin the film wearing the burlap sack from "Friday the 13th Part 2," giving fans a chance to see how he finds what has become the character's calling card: the well-worn hockey mask.

"We decided early on that we didn't want to turn it on its ear and create a mask that people were not used to," notes Fuller. "And we wanted to add our own sack like the one Jason wore in the second film. It's such a great visual."

"It was exciting for us to create a moment where you see Jason discover the mask," states screenwriter Mark Swift.

Fuller agrees. "We all felt that if you're going to make this film, it must include that moment when he takes off the sack and puts on the hockey mask and becomes Jason."

"Hopefully fans will dig it," says Swift. "It's really a scene that we wrote to be that 'wow' moment in the film."

Creating the look of both the mask and the sack was entrusted to special effects makeup supervisor Scott Stoddard and his gifted team.

"Scott was the first person we hired on this film," says Andrew Form. "He did amazing work for us before and is just an incredibly talented artist."

"Scott created a new version of the sack that we all fell in love with the first time we saw it," adds producer Fuller. "We knew the mask was the look everyone knows, but we thought it would be a perfect combination if he could wear both."

Stoddard notes, "I'm a big fan of 'The Elephant Man' and Jason is actually kind of a tragic figure like John Merrick, so I asked Tim Jarvis to make a hole that Jason sees out of that is a little bit square, and crudely stitched together. Tim did an amazing job making it and I think fans will really like the look."

For Stoddard and his team, coming up with Jason's overall look was born out of respect. "We definitely wanted to keep him more human," offers Scott, "because, within every serial killer, there's a history to the sociopath they become, and Jason has a great history."

For Derek Mears, seeing Stoddard's handiwork for the first time was something the actor would not soon forget. "The first time I strapped on the mask in Scott's make-up shop in Los Angeles, I got chills." reveals Mears. "Everyone in the shop stopped what they were doing and looked over. I felt like I was lifting Excalibur, and all I could see were heads looking at each other and smiling from ear to ear. It was an amazing moment for me."

Stoddard himself transported the hockey mask from Los Angeles to Austin for the film shoot. It was an adventure. "I hand-carried Jason's hockey mask in a special silver case because I was too afraid to send it any other way," explains Stoddard. "I was going through airport security when two guards came around and asked me to follow them. They took me to a special room and opened the case and said, 'Is that the Jason mask? We're really big fans--can you take it out and let us see it?'"

Another element that the filmmakers wanted to bring back was the carefree "sex, drugs and rock & roll" attitude that permeated the early films. "We really wanted to bring the fun back to the franchise," says producer Form. "We wanted to have young college kids having a blast being kids. It's a wonderfully vivacious group of kids who are a lot of fun to watch, even as they experience all these horrific scares."


Crystal Lake...

The last piece of the pre-production puzzle was picking a location to shoot the film. In the original, the rural New Jersey cities of Blairstown and Hope were used for the town of Crystal Lake, with Camp NoBeBoSco in Hardwick Township, New Jersey substituting for the camp site. This time around, the filmmakers selected the city of Austin, Texas, and its small outlying communities as the production base and shooting locations for the film.

Fuller explains, "The fact is, the local crews in Austin are the best that we've worked with and this is the fourth film we have shot there. We're very comfortable doing movies there."

Still, the setting calls for lush woods and serene lakes. Fuller admits it was an effort to find appropriate locations. "The area didn't lend itself to it and when you see Crystal Lake in the film, it's really three or four different lakes--one had the right trees and another had the right water. We really struggled at times, but we had such an amazing production designer, Jeremy Conway, who was able to turn some average locations into really cool places."

Of course, not everything was shot outdoors, as Form reveals. "One of the things we had talked about early on was whether or not Jason is supernatural or a real person. We decided we wanted him to be a real guy. And if he's real, how is he living? Where has he been hiding for the last 20, 30 years or however long it's been since his mother was killed? Marcus had this great idea that there was this old mine around Crystal Lake, deep in the woods, that's been closed down. Jason has made that mine his home, living underground, off the radar, and then he comes out, he hunts, gets his food and goes back underground. No one would even know where he is. He doesn't bother anybody, nobody bothers him. Of course what happens in our film is that this is the first group of people that actually bother him. They disturb him; they do something they shouldn't do, which makes him do something he shouldn't do. So it's the rebirth of Jason."

Form continues, "We talked to Jeremy and said, 'Can you build us some tunnels? Can you make them big? We need them big, long--it needs to be a maze. We need a chamber of horrors.' Then the sketches started flying in and then the models were put up in front of us. We looked at these 3D models and thought, that's going to look good. Then we walked on stage and there were 150 feet of tunnels! And there's dirt and it's claustrophobic and it has a ceiling and it's all covered up. You don't even know where you are and you come through and you make a left and then suddenly you're staring at the spot where Jason sharpens his machete..."

Finally, at a Boy Scout camp in Bastrop, Texas, as the late afternoon sun sank into the murky waters of Lake Bastrop, production began on "Friday the 13th." A palpable buzz could be felt among the cast and crew as they waited with anticipation for nightfall and the first glimpse of Derek Mears stepping onto the set as one of Hollywood's most infamous killer, Jason Voorhees.


The Art of the Kill...

For the filmmakers, making all of the deaths in the film memorable was essential to revitalizing the franchise. "We knew when we took this on that the deaths were one of the most important aspects of the film," says Andrew Form. "The one thing we didn't realize was just how many deaths there are in a 'Friday the 13th' film. Each death has to feel different and unique. You can't just kill everybody with a machete because that gets really old and boring. Luckily, Damian Shannon and Mark Swift came up with some really clever deaths that audiences will go home talking about."

"The ride we're hoping to present is a total rollercoaster and, if we do it well, there will be a lot of phenomenal scares that will have audiences on the edge of their seat," says Brad Fuller. "Sean Cunningham created a great villain. When it comes down to it, people love to watch Jason kill. That's why people go to these movies."

"Just so all the fans know, they can be completely assured that they will see all of the iconic elements from the franchise that they have grown to love," says Form. "In this film, we're bringing back the fun along with the intense violence, unique kills and great scares. It's all there."

Marcus Nispel teases, "The sleeping bag--it sums up everything you want to achieve with a 'Friday the 13th' kill. It's scary. It gets under your skin. It allows you to laugh somehow... but I think it's more of a panicky laugh."

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Brad and Steve fight about this one.

About the movie:  The prequel story traces the origins of the centuries-old blood feud between the aristocratic vampires and their onetime slaves, the Lycans. In the Dark Ages, a young Lycan named Lucian (Sheen) emerges as a powerful leader who rallies the werewolves to rise up against Viktor (Nighy), the cruel vampire king who has enslaved them. Lucian is joined by his secret lover, Sonja (Mitra), in his battle against the Vampire army and his struggle for Lycan freedom