We don't cover pitches on Dread Central so I debated about this one. In the end it got me thinking about all the different ways to approach the story of Jason Voorhees, though, and I wanted to share what one filmmaker would do with the opportunity to pen the next Friday the 13th.
This comes from Dale Zawada (A Big Love Story), an award-winning indie screenwriter and Chicago-based comedian who's thinking big about his next project.
That project? Paramount's upcoming Friday the 13th film, which is slated to open on November 13, 2015, a feat considering the studio has had no luck locking down a script as of yet.
Zawada recently produced a comedic horror film called Dirtbags and has put together a pitch for Paramount and production company Platinum Dunes for the 2015 film.
In what would be a re-imagining of the series, Jason Voorhees is the protagonist. A young kid suffering...
This comes from Dale Zawada (A Big Love Story), an award-winning indie screenwriter and Chicago-based comedian who's thinking big about his next project.
That project? Paramount's upcoming Friday the 13th film, which is slated to open on November 13, 2015, a feat considering the studio has had no luck locking down a script as of yet.
Zawada recently produced a comedic horror film called Dirtbags and has put together a pitch for Paramount and production company Platinum Dunes for the 2015 film.
In what would be a re-imagining of the series, Jason Voorhees is the protagonist. A young kid suffering...
- 8/4/2014
- by Matt Serafini
- DreadCentral.com
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