Some of the well-known slasher franchises round is coming again, however with out its iconic killer. Friday the thirteenth is getting a prequel sequence at Peacock, which will probably be written and showrun by Bryan Fuller, known as Crystal Lake.
The sequence will happen in some unspecified time in the future earlier than the primary film, however gained’t characteristic Jason or his trademark hockey masks due to the continuing authorized battle over the franchise. Primarily, due to some unusual contracts, and some very protracted court docket battles, the rights to the sequence are cut up between two separate individuals, one who owns the primary film, and one other who owns the sequels.
However, as Scream’s Ghostface needs us to recollect, Jason wasn’t the killer within the first film — his mother was. So whereas we might actually get a Mrs. Voorhees within the prequel sequence, don’t count on Jason himself to be exhibiting up or doing any killing. That being stated, the thought of a summer time camp that’s steadily stalked by killers of 1 Voorhees selection or one other continues to be in all probability fairly fertile floor for a horror sequence.
Friday the thirteenth is much from the primary slasher sequence to get its personal spinoff sequence, too. Within the early 2010s, there have been additionally spinoff and prequel sequence for Scream, Psycho, and even Bryan Fuller’s personal Hannibal. Maybe much more surprisingly, the sequence themselves ranged largely from good to nice, which a minimum of makes this new venture thrilling. In reality, there was even one other Friday the thirteenth present, known as Friday the thirteenth: The Collection, which aired within the late ’80s and has been kind of forgotten since.
Fuller is a tv veteran creating a number of exhibits over the past 20 years together with Useless Like Me, Star Trek: Discovery, American Gods, and the aforementioned Hannibal. Additionally behind Crystal Lake will probably be A24, which whereas recognized for motion pictures can be the studio behind HBO’s Euphoria. There’s no phrase but on when Crystal Lake would possibly come out, nevertheless it’s seemingly greater than a yr away.
