In January 2007, Platinum Dunes producers Andrew Form and Brad Fuller outlined their intended goal to bring a "Friday the 13th" reboot to life. New Line approached Fuller and Form to create a reboot, but because Paramount still owned certain copyrights to the first film, the reboot would not be able to use anything from the original. Paramount, who wanted to be included in the development of a reboot, approached the producers and gave them license to use anything from the original films, including the title. With Paramount on board, Fuller and Form decided they wanted to use pieces from the early films. Fuller said, "I think there are moments we want to address, like how does the hockey mask happen." Shannon and Swift, writers of "Freddy vs. Jason", were brought on to pen the script for the new film, with Marcus Nispel, director of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" remake of 2003, hired in November 2007 to direct.