Linda Cardellini is reportedly being eyed for a significant function in Crystal Lake, the A24 and Peacock Friday the thirteenth prequel collection.
Crystal Lake comes from showrunner Brad Caleb Kane (It: Welcome to Derry). Previous to that, Hannibal’s Bryan Fuller had been tapped to be the showrunner on the collection, which was initially introduced in 2022. Fuller left the venture in Could 2024.
In response to Jeff Sneider’s The InSneider, Cardellini is now being eyed to play Jason’s mom, Pamela Voorhees, in Crystal Lake. The deal has not been formally introduced or accomplished at the moment, although Sneider mentioned Cardellini would probably “be hard-pressed to show this down.”
Cardellini is understood for enjoying Velma Dinkley in 2002’s Scooby-Doo and 2004’s Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed and Laura Barton within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She starred as Lindsay Weir in Freaks and Geeks and not too long ago appeared as Margo Starling in Netflix’s No Good Deed.
Cardellini’s filmography additional contains 2001’s Legally Blonde, 2005’s Brokeback Mountain, 2010’s Tremendous, 2018’s A Easy Favor, 2019’s The Curse of La Llorona, and, most not too long ago, 2024’s Nutcrackers, amongst different titles.
What else do we all know in regards to the Crystal Lake collection?
Plot particulars for Crystal Lake stay beneath wraps at the moment. Kane will government produce alongside Victor Miller, Marc Toberoff, Robert M. Barsamian, and Robert P. Barsamian.
“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 artistic path was sometime destined to converge with The Man Behind The Masks,” Kane beforehand mentioned in a press release. “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.”
A premiere date for Crystal Lake has not but been introduced.