Biography
Damian Shannon is an American screenwriter and film producer. Shannon works with Mark Smith and is known for their collaborative script-writing projects, particularly Freddy vs. Jason and, later, the 2009 reboot on Friday the 13th. Shannon attended Bishop McNamara High School and New York University. He then enrolled at the University of Southern California, where he met fellow student and later writing partner Mark Swift. Shannon wrote an adaptation of the comic book Danger Girl for New Line ...
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2026
Screenplay
After a plane crash strands a capable female employee and her annoying boss on a remote island, she must use her survival skills to keep them both ali...

Baywatch
2017
Screenplay
Devoted lifeguard Mitch Buchannon butts heads with a brash new recruit. Together, they uncover a local criminal plot that threatens the future of the ...

Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
2013
as Self
Taking inspiration from Peter M. Bracke's definitive book of the same name, this seven-hour documentary dives into the making of all twelve Friday the...

Friday the 13th
2009
Screenplay, Story
A group of young adults visit a boarded up campsite named Crystal Lake where they soon encounter the mysterious Jason Voorhees and his deadly intentio...

Freddy vs. Jason
2003
Screenplay
Freddy enlists Jason to kill on his behalf on Elm Street, after realizing that he can't haunt dreams because people no longer fear him.

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The story behind how the genie from Disney's"Aladdin"became trapped inside a magic lamp.
Bermuda
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Plot details are being kept under wraps, except for the fact that it will be set in the mysterious patch of the Caribbean where planes and ships have ...
Good Bad & Undead
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Van Helsing, last in a long line of vampire hunters. He develops an uneasy partnership with a Vampire who has taken a vow never to kill again. Togethe...