
UK release date confirmed for ‘Friday the 13th’ prequel series ‘Crystal Lake’


Victor Miller, the screenwriter behind horror slasher hit which became a franchise Friday the 13th, has died. He was 86.
Sean S. Cunningham is developing a reboot for Friday the 13th, whilst also developing a reboot of a horror movie he produced back in 1985, House.
As reported by Bloody Disgusting, Cunningham is also producing an original film titled The Night Driver, working alongside writer Jeff Locker and director Jeremy Weiss on the various upcoming projects.
After 14 years, the Friday the 13th franchise is finally getting set to return to the small screen with “Crystal Lake,” an upcoming prequel series from A24, Peacock and Bryan Fuller (“Hannibal”) that’s miraculously able to use any and all existing elements from the franchise.
Peacock has order a Friday the 13th prequel series 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.
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‘Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter’ is the next film in the franchise to get the Blu-Ray steelbook treatment from Paramount following the steelbook release of Friday the 13th Part III and the ‘Friday the 13th’ 8 movie limited edition steelbook set.
Paramount continues celebrating big anniversaries in the Friday the 13th franchise with new Steelbook Blu-ray releases, and up next is 1982’s sequel Friday the 13th Part III. The Limited Edition 40th Anniversary Steelbook will release on May 10, 2022, following the or the first two movies as well as an 8-film Steelbook set.
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Screenwriter Victor Miller has won the appeal in the case for the rights to the Friday The 13th franchise, sending Sean Cunningham and Horror Inc. to defeat.
Friday the 13th actor Corey Feldman has claimed that the end of the Friday the 13th legal battle is imminent.
Feldman starred in Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter, as Tommy Jarvis, a 12-year-old boy who ends up killing Jason with a machete in the finale. An older version of Tommy would appear in the next two sequels, but with John Shepherd and Thom Mathews taking over the role.