New FRIDAY THE 13TH Movie Gets Yet Another Writer

Paramount has been trying to figure out what to do with the Friday the 13th franchise since they earned back the rights to the series after the 2009 remake, and reports have ranged from it being a 3D film to a found footage movie, and then dropping the found footage aspect and becoming a TV series at The CW (of all places) instead. So things have been...chaotic, to say the least.

But now Variety reports that Paramount and producers at Platinum Dunes have hired scribe Aaron Guzikowski to write a new screenplay for the film, so maybe they're finally honing in on a direction. He's the writer of the Hugh Jackman revenge thriller Prisoners, as well as Universal's upcoming reboot of The Wolf Man.

This is one of those projects that pops up every once in a while with a little update but rarely seems to gain any real steam, and hopefully now that they've brought on a new writer, they'll be able to actually bring Jason Voorhees back to the big screen again. This is a valuable property for a studio that lacks a ton of recognizable franchises, so it seems like it should be a big priority for them — especially considering how profitable horror films can be if done correctly. Will Guzikowski be the one who ends up breaking the curse and lifting the iconic slasher out of development hell?