Friday the 13th (2009 film)

Friday the 13th is a 2009 American slasher film directed by Marcus Nispel and written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift. It stars Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker, Aaron Yoo, Amanda Righetti, Travis Van Winkle, and Derek Mears. The film follows Clay Miller as he searches for his missing sister, Whitney, who is captured by Jason Voorhees while camping in woodland at Crystal Lake. The movie was theatrically released in the United States on February 13, 2009, by New Line Cinema in North American territories and by Paramount Pictures internationally.

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Summary Friday the 13th (2009 film)Friday the 13th is a 2009 American slasher film directed by Marcus Nispel and written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift from a screen story by Shannon, Swift and Mark Wheaton. It stars Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker, Aaron Yoo, Amanda Righetti, Travis Van Winkle, and Derek Mears. The film follows Clay Miller as he searches for his missing sister, Whitney, who is captured by Jason Voorhees while camping in woodland at Crystal Lake. It grossed USD 92. 7 million at the box office on a budget of USD 19 million, becoming the second-highest-grossing film in the franchise after Freddy vs. Jason. It was originally conceived as an origin story, but the project evolved into a re-imagining of the first four Friday the13th films. In keeping with the tone of the film, Jason’s mask was recreated from a mold of the original mask used for Part III; though there were subtle changes. The movie was theatrically released in the United States on February 13, 2009, by New Line Cinema in North American territories and by Paramount Pictures internationally. It received generally negative reviews from critics, who felt that it did not add anything new to the franchise. It is the twelfth installment in the series, which began in 1980 and is the first to be rebooted since The Texas Chain Saw Massacre in 2003. The sequel is expected to be released in October 2013, with a release date of October 25, 2013.

The third and final installment, Friday the 14th, will be released on November 14, 2013, and will be directed by Tobe Hooper, who also directed the 2003 remake of The Texas Chains Saw Massacre. The fourth and final film, Friday 13th: The Final Chapter, is scheduled for release on November 25, 2014. It will be the first time that the series has been rebooted after the release of the third and fourth films. The fifth and sixth films will also be remade, but this time with a different director and a different story line. The sixth and seventh films will be Friday the 15th and Friday the 16th, both of which were remade by Platinum Dunes and Crystal Lake Entertainment. The seventh and eighth films are planned for release in May 2015, and the ninth and eighth on November 17, 2015, respectively. The final film will be a sequel to Friday the 12th, which was the first film to be rebroadcast on November 16, 2015. The last film was released on October 17, 2016, and was released by Paramount in North America and Paramount Pictures in Europe and North America. The eighth and ninth films were released in Australia and the UK on November 18, 2016. The ninth and 10th films are scheduled for the UK and Australia on November 19, 2016 and November 20, 2017. The 10th and 11th films will release in Europe on November 21, 2017 and November 22, 2017, and November 23, 2017 in the UK.