Dear reader, I wrote this as a treatment for Paramount Pictures in 2017. I was hired to take the original story of the movie and make the lore of Jason work with a new origin story. After I concluded the job, I didn't hear anything about it until one day I saw that the movie was unfortunately canceled. All that is left of my draft is this story.You can still find pictures online of what my Jason would have looked like, as pre-production had begun. I'm unsure of how much of my treatment was used in that version, but from the studio notes I read, there was quite a bit of it. I have recently heard from some people in the business that the new series that Peacock is producing actually pulls from the abandoned story from the 2017 reboot. While I'm unsure of how much remained from mine in that iteration, I hope you still enjoi what mine would have looked like. Thanks for reading. - JH🔔 Subscribe for more poetic essays & cinematic reflections:@NoMoviesAreBad on all social media.This issue was brought to you in part by: FEAR STATENew music video out 8/2025