Naing and Goldberg are no stranger to terrorizing a summer camp: They previously wrote the 2009 reboot of Friday The 13th, which presented some good ideas—including a fantastic opening sequence that felt reverential and new all at the same time—but failed to sate the Jason Voorhees fan base. (They also just sold a screenplay about author H.P. Lovecraft, The Shadow Over Innsmouth, to Amazon.)
Marshall seems like a perfect match for the project, which Variety describes as “Amblin-esque” with a mix of horror and humor reminiscent of Gremlins and The Goonies. Marshall co-founded Amblin Entertainment in 1981 with his future wife Kathleen Kennedy (one of the driving forces behind the new Star Wars film) and Steven Spielberg. While at Amblin, Marshall was instrumental in bringing ’80s favorites Indiana Jones and Back To The Future to the silver screen, so apparently he has a pretty good eye for these sorts of things. A Goonies-meets-The Burning style adventure sounds like fun if done with the right mix of scares, terror, and fun—even with a PG-13 rating.
