Friday the 13th prequel series

[prkchopexpress]

somehow this isn’t a joke.

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/fri...er-1235418509/

Peacock has given a straight-to-series order to a “Friday the 13th” prequel currently titled “Crystal Lake,” Variety has learned.

Exact plot details are being kept under wraps, although it is described as an “expanded prequel.” The show will be written by Bryan Fuller, who is also the showrunner and an executive producer. Victor Miller, who penned the original film in the franchise, will also executive produce along with Marc Toberoff, Rob Barsamian, and A24. A24 will also serve as the studio behind the series.

“’Friday the 13th’ is one of the most iconic horror franchises in movie history and we were dying to revisit this story with our upcoming drama series ‘Crystal Lake,’” said Susan Rovner, chairman of entertainment content for NBCUniversal Television and Streaming. “We can’t wait to get to work with Bryan Fuller, a gifted, visionary creator who I’ve had the pleasure of being a longtime friend and collaborator, along with our incredible partners at A24, in this updated version for Peacock that will thrill long-standing fans of the franchise.”

[RandomMovieFan]

Um?

[mwynn]

This makes sense with the rights being split. Miller owns everything from the first movie.

[Batman1980]

[prkchopexpress]

yeah, right? i mean… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

i don’t even know where you go. did you ever need to know more about mrs voorhees?

is this going to be a summer camp drama and just a reveal at the end to lead up to the drowning? is this going to be one of those “trauma” nonsense series where “they explore the trauma of mrs voorhees after she loses her son?” do you have the event happen at the beginning?

there are a lot of ways to go, but all of them are uninteresting. how do you take a pre title sequence and think “sure, there’s ten hours of material here.”

[format916]

Originally Posted by prkchopexpress

somehow this isn’t a joke.

i would at least wait until the first few episodes to come up with that conclusion.

[jzbadblood]

Here we go another series with a bunch of talking. Ugh. Stop.

[prkchopexpress]

ok. don’t know why i’m thinking about this…

a rights issue means they can only use stuff from the first movie, but jason is in the first movie, and he tries to kill adrienne king in her dream. so you can have jason kill, but not big jason or zombie jason? how does that all work?

wouldn’t it be easier to just do a remake of the first movie? are they really going to hire a writers room for this?

maybe this is just a ploy to get miller and cunningham to come to a deal. like, miller gives him some points for a share of the sequel stuff? i don’t even know

this makes less sense the more i think about it.

[HorrorBlu]

All I want from this prequel is the unrequited romance between Steve Christy and Sandy the waitress.

[Donl1282]

Sandy? I take Alice thank you.

[drb999]

How long before Bryan Fuller quits?

[mwynn]

The timeline with Pamela is 1957 to 1979. I would think they would expand on the years after Jason's death as she keeps the camp from reopening.

[prkchopexpress]

but have you really ever thought “we need more mrs voorhees backstory?”

this is doubly hilarious since they just released halloween ends and one of the main complaints is “not enough michael myers.”

[mwynn]

Originally Posted by prkchopexpress

but have you really ever thought “we need more mrs voorhees backstory?”

this is doubly hilarious since they just released halloween ends and one of the main complaints is “not enough michael myers.”

I will reserve judgment until I decide to watch it or not.

[EvaDK]

A24 and Bryan Fuller's involvement does raise a minimum of interest in me; other than that, I couldn't care less about a F13th prequel series.

[Poya]

A24 and Friday the 13th in the same article sounds like an oxymoron, like Michael Bay and The Criteron Collection.

[stvn1974]

Everything I need to know was uttered by Pamela when explaining Jason's drowning. Not everything needs an explanation, do we need a series about the man who made the canoe showed in the end of the first film?

[critterdvd]

Originally Posted by EvaDK

A24 and Bryan Fuller's involvement does raise a minimum of interest in me; other than that, I couldn't care less about a F13th prequel series.

I’m just waiting for the announcement that Fuller has left the show. The man has a horrible track record of not sticking around, half the time leaving before the pilot even premiers.

With that said, I really hope this doesn’t end up being a summer camp version if “Bates Motel”…

[critterdvd]

Originally Posted by Poya

A24 and Friday the 13th in the same article sounds like an oxymoron, like Michael Bay and The Criteron Collection.

Stranger things have happened….

[drb999]

If anyone can make this work it’s Bryan Fuller.