Jason Voorhees Is Back For Number 11

Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes is coming aboard to produce the 11th outing in the sturdy "Friday the 13th" franchise for New Line Cinema, reports Variety.

The studio is hoping to fast-track the project -- centered on the origins of the Jason Voorhees character -- so that the film can be released three weeks before Halloween on Friday, Oct. 13. Bay will produce with Platinum Dunes partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form.

New Line's hired Mark Wheaton (Son of the Morning Star, The Messengers) to write the script.

Platinum Dunes, which Bay launched in 2001 as a low-budget horror specialist, produced New Line's 2003 remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and its upcoming Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning.