Wow, now here’s an unexpected turn in the career of legendary scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis, she is attached to star in a new horror series for ABC Family entitled The Final Girls. The show would mark the return to horror for Curtis who hasn’t appeared in any genre projects since 2002’s Halloween: Resurrection. Other promising points on the series is that Steve Miner (Friday the 13th Parts II and III, Warlock, Halloween H2O) will be executive producer and direct some episodes. Read on below for more information.
According to Deadline, ABC Family has closed a deal for a high-profile horror spec script by writer Jeff Dixon, which has Jamie Lee Curtis attached to star and Steve Miner to direct and executive produce if the project goes to pilot. That would mark a reunion and return to the horror genre for the Halloween H2O star Curtis and its director Miner.
While there is no green light yet for the project, I hear it is being put on a fast track. Titled The Final Girls, the drama revolves around a group of girls who have, in essence, survived their own personal horror stories and are brought together by a mysterious older woman (Curtis) to channel the stress and scars of their experience for some greater good. Horror launched Curtis’ feature career with the Halloween movies, starting with the original 1978 franchise-starter Halloween. Miner also helmed the second and third installment of another popular horror movie franchise, Friday The 13.
