FRIDAY THE 13th lead has already survived the House on Haunted Hill!

By Matt Holmes / June 25, 2011

American actress Amanda Righetti turns 25 tomorrow and she can celebrate a little harder than usual tomorrow, she has just landed her biggest role to date. Variety say she will be leading the Platinum Dunes remake of Friday the 13th which will begin lensing in just a few weeks time in Austin, Texas. Righetti you might recognize from a brief recurring role on The O.C. and K-Ville. She was also the lead in the straight to dvd horror Return to House on Haunted Hill which came out last year.

Derek Mears plays the new Jason Voorhees and Jared Padalecki plays a cop who visits the cabin at camp crystal lake to investigate a set of related murders (the killing spree has already begun in this new franchise) and IMDB also have Cloverfield actress Odette Yustman listed for the film. Michael Nispel (Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake, Pathfinder) directs.