Liebesman Hired For New Friday The 13th Movie

New Line Cinema has hired horror helmer Jonathan Liebesman to direct the untitled Friday the 13th Origin Film, set up at Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes.

Liebesman has already worked with the studio and Platinum Dunes on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, due out on October 6. His debut feature was 2003's Darkness Falls for Revolution.

Bay is producing with Platinum Dunes partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form. Studio president Toby Emmerich is overseeing along with executives Cale Boyter and Jeff KatzJeff Katz.

Mark Wheaton is writing script for the 11th film in the "Friday the 13th" franchise. The movie will center on the origins of the Jason Voorhees character as portrayed in the first four films in the series.