The Re-Pitch Jennifer's Body Series

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In case you didn't know, Jennifer's Body is a very VERY 2000's film. One that focuses on the friendship of Needy (Amanda Seyfried) and her popular best friend Jennifer (Megan Fox). In a classic horror movie move, Jennifer becomes possessed by a demon that needs to keep feeding on boys to keep herself looking healthy, and her powers charged. Sure, it's not a wholly original premise, and it may feature some dialogue that gives you the Ick (Yes I'm talking about "You give me such a wettie." Still, I couldn't help but think that the film has all this untapped potential, just ripe for making a rather entertaining streaming series.

Option One - Keep The Same Baseline Plot

We follow the friends as they go to the band's performance, the bar burns down and the band members take away Jennifer to perform the ritual on her that grants them their success and leaves Jennifer as a succubus. The series will take the time to explore the friendship and attraction of Needy and Jennifer, allowing us a greater understanding of the characters and motives, whilst adding a lot more weight to the pair's outcome. Alongside this, we can explore the school and town's identity and the rise of the bands' success as they continue to gain traction in light of the town's events. Ultimately the series still follows the same premise of more murders and the strain on Needy not wanting to lose her friend and Jennifer still clinging to her while feasting on the boys of Devil's Kettle. I would change the band's fate, allowing Jennifer to devour them backstage at the school dance as it's her revenge to have. The final clash will still take place as Needy rushes to defend her boyfriend and put an end to Jennifer. This time she doesn't gain superpowers, or go to jail, but there are possibilities the band performed another sacrifice at the school before their deaths, or someone tried to resurrect Jennifer. ultimately though there isn't the need for another season, so it can just remain as a self-contained one-off.

Option Two - Play On The Expected

The alternative take I'd go down is changing the film's plot and showing everyone that both girls (Jennifer & Needy) get possessed. Except that's not actually the truth, what happens is Needy becomes possessed and kills Jennifer, throwing her down the 'endless hole' in Devil's Kettle without us knowing till a later reveal. Needy then becomes the Succubus but places all of this on Jennifer, much like The Narrator and Tyler Durden in Fight Club. During this time she sees Jennifer visiting her in a room, missing from school, and popping up in other places to hide the fact she's deceased. On top of this Needy will be researching ways to stop Jennifer and learn about it, it would also link in to why the boys she kills are all ones that show interest in Needy like in the film, and help add weight to the revelation of Leading of Needy's fate. On top of that it would also offer a completely new option to explore in a follow-up series, seeing how Needy is coming to terms with her fate and who/what will rise to combat/help her.

That's just my quick pitches on ways that Jennifer's Body could be adapted into a series, with two possible options for getting the most out of the film's solid premise. What are your thoughts? And would you watch a Jennifer's Body series?

As always, Thanks for taking the time to read. :)