Crystal Lake will be a Friday the 13th prequel, created by Hannibal’s Bryan Fuller, and produced by A24, the studio behind movies like The Witch and shows like Euphoria. Jason Voorhees will not be in the series.
One of the most famous slasher franchises around is coming back, but without its iconic killer. Friday the 13th is getting a prequel series at Peacock, which will be written and showrun by Bryan Fuller, called Crystal Lake.
The series will take place at some point before the first movie, but won’t feature Jason or his trademark hockey mask thanks to the ongoing legal battle over the franchise. Essentially, thanks to some strange contracts, and a few very protracted court battles, the rights to the series are split between two separate people, one who owns the first movie, and another who owns the sequels.
