Friday the 13th (2009) Remake gets a Cloverfield Hottie

Rollo Tomasi February 10, 2008Last Updated: January 9, 2010

Odette Yustman, the female love interest in recently released Cloverfield, has seen her future brighten significantly in the last few weeks. She has signed on to star in a film currently titled Born alongside Gary Oldman and Cam Gigandet. From Bloody-Disgusting: “The film is a psychological thriller that follows an 18-year-old who is haunted by a Dybbuk – the soul of a dead person barred from heaven – in the form of a young boy who perished in Auschwitz.” Yustman, 22, will be playing the 18-year-old character. The film is written and will be directed by David Goyer, who earned my respect along with a gaggle of others when he wrote the first Blade, co-wrote Batman Begins and wrote and executive produced Blade: The Series. Yustman will also be appearing in the remake of Friday the 13^th (2009) in a yet unspecified role by director Marcus Nispel (2003’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake, Pathfinder). From IMDB: “Looking to reopen a camp for special need kids a group of councilors encounter a snag in their plans when an unknown person begins to pick them off one by one.” Normally I would not look forward to a remake Friday the 13^th but with Nispel (I loved his Texas remake for the most part) and Yustman (no doubt ear-marked as the “survivor” girl in the film) on broad, I will have to give this film a viewing. With these roles, Yustman will have a lot screen time in the next few years and audiences will be able to see more of her thespian range. In Yustman’s case that might not be such a good idea since she is so hard on the eyes.