3/16/00:
Mark Protosevich, writer of New Line's upcoming The Cell, is the latest to try his hand at Freddy vs. Jason. Word is that Rob Bottin's original story (used for Goyer's, Aibel & Berger's and others' drafts) is still being used. David Goyer is rumored to have given up because of his lack of interest (which would be in line with his negative comments to FANGORIA the first time he left the project.)

Cyrus Voris and Ethan Reiff's (Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight) names added to Rejected Scripts. Apparently Voris and Reiff's draft was very close to production in 1997, when Scream came out...

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1/14/99:
The decision is made - Jason X will go first due to ongoing script rewrites on Freddy vs. Jason!

According to Cinescape Online:
"Prompted by numerous e-mails, the Insider contacted New Line production prez Michael DeLuca in hopes of clearing the air. Mr. DeLuca revealed, 'Since Freddy vs. Jason is still in rewrites, we let Sean proceed with his JASON X as an independent production which we picked up as a negative pick up. No release date yet. We're still looking to shoot FvJ in the spring.'"

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12/11/99 and before:
According to the man of your (and my) dreams, Robert Englund (via TWEC), David Goyer "is now doing the final draft of FREDDY VS. JASON. I have been promised by the absolute power at New Line Cinema that we are going to start, at least in pre-production, in February! So we might have a Freddy 2024."

Englund also says he's heard a rumor that "there will be two endings to FREDDY VS. JASON - Freddy will win in one, and Jason will win in another. And the audience will never know what ending they'll see, because they'll change the last reel."

Previously Englund had revealed in an interview with DVD Review:
"I heard some really interesting stuff about the story and how they tie Freddy and Jason together. One of the ideas is to make Freddy the janitor at the Crystal Lake camp and so forth. I am sure it will be fun."

The writer on the previous draft of Freddy vs. Jason has was comic book writer Mark Verheiden. Verheiden wrote an early draft of The Mask as well as several of Dark Horse Comics' excellent ALIENS and Predator mini-series. David S. Goyer, who previously wrote a draft with James Robinson (as well as writing Blade and co-writing Dark City) was brought in to revise the script, and it's unknown as to whether the new script will retain any of Verheiden's ideas.

Previously, according to Cinescape Online:

"As for Freddy Vs. Jason, that problem project has been in development for years with most recent word being that the current script by James Robinson is in the hands of Mark Verheiden (The Mask), who is doing a rewrite. New Line production prez, Michael DeLuca, recently revealed to the Insider that rumors that the two characters were not meshing in the script were not true, though he did explain that the script had "a phony copycat Freddy killer" which was likely to be removed. At this time, Verheiden’s pass on the script is expected to be finished by month’s end."

Only Kane Hodder as Jason and Robert Englund as Freddy remain definitely attached. FX master Rob Bottin, who was long slated to direct, is no longer with the project.

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