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Friday the 13th is a 2009 (3 years ago) American horror movie directed by Marcus Nispel, and written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift. It is a reboot of the Friday The 13th movie series, which began in 1980 (32 years ago) and whose last movie was the 2003 (9 years ago) crossover Freddy vs. Jason. Nispel also helmed the 2003 (9 years ago) remake of Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974, 38 years ago), while Shannon and Swift wrote the screenplay for Freddy vs. Jason. It stars Derek Mears as Jason Voorhees, with Jared Padalecki, Amanda Righetti and Danielle Panabaker portraying the male and female leads. Friday The 13th follows Clay Miller (Padalecki) as he searches for his missing sister, Whitney (Righetti), who was taken by Jason while she was camping in the woods at Crystal Lake.

Originally starting out as an origin story, the movie ultimately became a re-imagining of the first four Friday The 13th films. Along with bringing the movie back to its roots, Jason was designed as a leaner and faster killer, with a backstory that could provide a little sympathy for the character but not enough that he would lose his menace. Although this movie reboots the continuity, Jason's iconic hockey mask, which was not introduced until the third movie in the series, is acquired through the progression of the film. In keeping with the tone of the film, Jason's mask was also brought back to its roots, created from a mold of the original mask from Part III, though subtle changes were made to keep it unique to the new film. Friday The 13th also incorporated some of Harry Manfredini's music score from the original Friday The 13th movie series, as the producers recognized the iconic status it held.

The movie was released on Friday, Feb. 13, 2009 (3 years ago) to the most theaters of any of the Friday The 13th films. Although the movie was met with primarily negative reviews, it earned approximately $19 million in its opening night and $40 million for its opening weekend. With its opening weekend, Friday The 13th broke two records, having the largest opening day for the movie series, and the largest opening weekend for any horror film. It currently sits as the second highest grossing movie in the Friday The 13th franchise with $65 million, and has earned just over an estimated $90 million worldwide.

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Plot

On Jun. 13, 1980 (32 years ago), a young Jason Voorhees (Caleb Guss) witnesses his mother (Nana Visitor) beheaded by a camp counselor (Stephanie Rhodes) who was trying to escape Mrs. Voorhees's murderous rampage around Camp Crystal Lake. Approximately 30 years later, a group of vacationing friends�Wade (Jonathan Sadowski), Richie (Ben Feldman), Mike (Nick Mennell), Whitney (Amanda Righetti) and Amanda (America Olivo)�arrive at Crystal Lake on a camping trip to find some marijuana that was planted in the woods. As Mike and Whitney explore the abandoned Crystal Lake camp, Jason (Derek Mears) begins to kill the rest of the group one-by-one. Jason also kills Mike, but instead of doing the same to Whitney he decides to kidnap her because she resembles his mother at a young age.

Six weeks later, Trent (Travis Van Winkle), along with his girlfriend Jenna (Danielle Panabaker), and their friends Bree (Julianna Guill), Chewie (Aaron Yoo), Chelsea (Willa Ford), Nolan (Ryan Hansen) and Lawrence (Arlen Escarpeta) arrive at Trent's summer cabin, which sits on Crystal Lake, unaware of the events that occurred a few weeks prior. Also in town is Clay Miller (Jared Padalecki), who has come to Crystal Lake searching for Whitney, his sister. Clay eventually makes his way to Trent's cabin, where Jenna agrees to help him look for his sister on the other side of the lake. As Clay and Jenna search for clues to Whitney's disappearance, Jason kills Nolan and Chelsea out on the lake. Clay and Jenna reach the old Crystal Lake campgrounds, where they witness Jason hauling a dead body into one of the abandoned camp houses.

Clay and Jenna run back to warn the others about Jason, who arrives shortly after them and cuts the power to the cabin. After killing Chewie and Lawrence, who ventured outside the house, Jason sneaks inside the cabin and kills Bree. Trent, Clay and Jenna escape the house, but Trent is killed shortly after when he reaches the main road. Jason then chases Clay and Jenna back to the campgrounds, where Clay discovers Jason's lair and finds his sister chained to the wall. Clay frees Whitney, and all three attempt to escape as Jason arrives. The trio find an exit, but Jenna is killed before she can get out. Jason comes after Clay and Whitney, who use Jason's love and memory of his mother to distract him long enough to stab him in the chest with his own machete. Afterward, Clay dumps Jason's lifeless body into the lake, but before he and Whitney can leave Jason bursts through the lake dock and grabs Whitney.

Cast

Stuntman Derek Mears was hired to portray Jason Voorhees at the recommendation of makeup special effects supervisor Scott Stoddard. Before the producers contacted him, Mears had already heard about the production of a new Friday The 13th and decided to start physical training so that he could pursue the role on his own, unaware that Stoddard and other industry professionals were already dropping his name to the producers. Mears's pleasant demeanor had the studio worried about his ability to portray such a menacing character on screen, but Mears assured them that he was up to the role. Mears has stated that he always related to "Jason the victim" when he was growing up as a child, and that was how he wanted to portray Jason in the film. To the actor/stuntman, Jason represents all those individuals that were picked on in high school for being outcasts of society�specifically those with physical deformities�only Jason exacts his revenge on those that are trying to take over his territory (Crystal Lake).

When Mears went in to audition for the role he was asked, "We really need an actor for this particular role. Why do we need an actor as opposed to just a guy in a mask? Explain that to us." As Mears explained to them, portraying Jason is similar to Greek Mask Work, where the mask and the actor are two separate entities, and, based on the scene, you will get variate combinations of mask and actor in the performance. According to Mears, it is all based on whether you realize that everything is made of energy, and if you are thinking something then it will transfer to what the camera picks up. He compares his experience behind the camera to that of a NASCAR race. As he sees it, he is the driver and the effects team is his pit crew. As he is performing the role, the effects team provides subtle suggestions as to ways that he can bring the character more to life on camera.

Amanda Righetti had not read the script when she was initially offered the role. Wanting to be a part of the Friday The 13th franchise from the start, Righetti admitted that she was sold on the idea of acting in the movie after she did read the script. Padalecki describes his character as a real hero, because when his sister goes missing he sets out "to do the right thing", and tends to go about it as this "lone wolf" who wants to take on this responsibility of finding his sister himself. Adjustments had to be made to the filming schedule to accommodate Aaron Yoo (Chewie), who had to have his appendix removed. As soon as he was ready for filming, Nispel immediately hung him upside down in some rafters, exposing the staples over his surgical wound, for the character's post-death shot.

The casting process was difficult for producers Brad Fuller and Andrew Form on this film, more so than it was on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, as Friday The 13th had more young actors to contend with and consistent casting/recasting all the way until filming began. Fuller and Form's first challenge was the size of their cast. Fuller and Form had thirteen young actors in Friday The 13th, whereas in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre they only had five. The pair had to continually recast parts to find the group that worked best together. This recasting process extended all the way to the start of film. Hostel Part II's Richard Burgi, who was cast as the sheriff, did not sign on until twelve hours before he had to start filming his scenes.

Development

New Line Cinema's Toby Emmerich approached Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form of Platinum Dunes about restarting Friday The 13th in the same fashion that they had done with the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise. They agreed but first had to spend over a year securing the movie rights from all respective parties, namely, Paramount Pictures, New Line and Crystal Lake Entertainment, the studio run by Friday The 13th creator Sean S. Cunningham. Since Paramount still owned certain copyrights, the movie initially could not use anything from the original series. Paramount, which ultimately became the film's international distributor, approached the producers and gave them license to use anything from the original films, including the title. With Paramount on board, Fuller and Form decided they wanted to use pieces from each of the first three films. Fuller said, "I think there are moments we want to address, like how does the hockey mask happen. It�ll happen differently in our movie than in the third one. Where is Jason from, why do these killings happen, and what is Crystal Lake?" The producers even expressed an interest in using the character of Tommy Jarvis and said that they wanted to work out an original story for Jason that would make sense.

Ultimately, it was decided that Friday The 13th would not be an origin story, but that it would provide a sense of history as the movie progressed. Jason would also transition from wearing a bag over his head�similar to the one seen in Friday The 13th Part 2�to finding and actually placing the hockey mask over his face, whereas in Friday The 13th Part III he obtains the mask off-screen and comes out of a barn already wearing it. Form and Fuller went on to explain that the audience will get to see how Jason attains his hockey mask, and be given a reason for why he puts it on. The idea of using Tommy Jarvis as a main character was scrapped when they abandoned their initial efforts of doing an origin story. Fuller and Form said they did not want to create Friday The 13th Part 11 or 12, but put their own spin on the mythology. They acknowledge that there were elements from the first four movies that they liked and were going to use in the 2009 (3 years ago) film, like how a particular character is killed or story points that they appreciated and wanted to reuse.

Unlike The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake of 2003 (9 years ago), and the 2005 (7 years ago) remake of The Amityville Horror, both of which were produced by Michael Bay, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller, it was decided that Friday The 13th would not be a period piece like the other remakes. As Form and Fuller explained it, because the movie was taking bits and pieces of the original three films, and to a lesser degree the fourth film, and was not an actual remake in the strictest sense, they felt that there was no reason why they could not tell the story in modern times. In Oct. 2007 (5 years ago), Damian Shannon and Mark Swift, the writers of Freddy vs. Jason, were hired to write the script for the remake. It was reported that director Jonathan Liebesman was in negotiations to direct Friday The 13th in Feb. 2006 (6 years ago), but because of scheduling conflicts Fuller and Form went with their second choice, Marcus Nispel. Nispel was apprehensive to take the job, primarily on the idea of taking over another movie franchise, but Fuller eventually convinced him. Principal photography began on Apr. 21, 2008 (4 years ago) in Austin, Texas and wrapped on Jun. 13, 2008 (4 years ago).

Release

On Friday, Feb. 13, 2009 (3 years ago), Friday The 13th was released in 3,105 theaters in North America. Compared to the other Friday The 13th films, including the crossover with A Nightmare On Elm Street (7 walls), the 2009 (3 years ago) reimagining has been given the widest release; it is nearly three times as many theaters as the original 1980 (32 years ago) film, and just edges out Freddy vs. Jason by 91 theaters. Apart from North America, Friday The 13th also saw release in 2,100 theaters throughout 28 foreign markets. The movie was released on DVD, Blu-ray, and AppleTV on Jun. 16, 2009 (3 years ago), containing both a theatrical release and an extended cut of the film.

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