Friday the 13th A24 Prequel Series Moves Forward as New Showrunner Hired

A brand new showrunner has been employed for A24’s Friday the thirteenth prequel sequence.

Initially introduced in 2022, Crystal Lake is a Friday the thirteenth prequel sequence being made for Peacock by A24. The sequence initially tapped Bryan Fuller as showrunner; nevertheless, Fuller left the undertaking in Could 2024. At the moment, it was assumed that the sequence was lifeless.

Per Deadline, the present is transferring ahead as soon as once more as It: Welcome to Derry’s Brad Caleb Kane will now function the showrunner for Crystal Lake.

Kane stated in a press release, “From the second I watched Jason Voorhees squeeze a man’s eyeball out of its socket (in superb 3D!) on the tender age of 8 years previous, I knew my inventive path was sometime destined to converge with The Man Behind The Masks. Nothing outlined my childhood greater than rising up within the golden age of the slasher flick, and nothing’s outlined the style greater than Friday The thirteenth. I couldn’t be extra excited for the chance to contribute a chapter to this iconic franchise, notably with such fearless companions as Peacock and A24.”

What else do we all know in regards to the Friday the thirteenth prequel sequence?

Plot particulars stay underneath wraps presently. Kane will government producer alongside Victor Miller, Marc Toberoff, Robert M. Barsamian, and Robert P. Barsamian.

Together with being a co-showrunner on the brand new It: Welcome to Derry sequence alongside Jason Fuchs, Kane beforehand labored on tv sequence equivalent to Fringe, Black Sails, Lodge 49, Warrior, Tokyo Vice, and extra.

There have been 12 movies within the Friday the thirteenth franchise so far, together with 1980’s Friday the thirteenth, 1981’s Friday the thirteenth Half 2, 1982’s Friday the thirteenth Half III, 1984’s Friday the thirteenth: The Last Chapter, 1985’s Friday the thirteenth: A New Starting, 1986’s Friday the thirteenth Half VI: Jason Lives, 1988’s Friday the thirteenth Half VII: The New Blood, 1989’s Friday the thirteenth Half VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, 1993’s Jason Goes to Hell: The Last Friday, 2002’s Jason X, 2003’s Freddy vs. Jason, and 2009’s Friday the thirteenth.

There was additionally a Friday the thirteenth: The Sequence horror tv present that premiered in 1987; nevertheless, it has no connection to the movie franchise.