Crystal Lake (TV series)

Crystal Lake is an upcoming American slasher television series developed by Brad Caleb Kane that is based on the Friday the 13th film franchise. It serves as a prequel to Friday the 13th (1980) and stars Linda Cardellini in the leading role of Pamela Voorhees, with Callum Vinson as a young Jason Voorhees, William Catlett, Devin Kessler, Cameron Scoggins and Gwendolyn Sundstrom.

Crystal Lake
Genre	Slasher
Created by	Brad Caleb Kane
Based on	Characters by Victor Miller
Showrunner	Brad Caleb Kane
Starring	Linda Cardellini William Catlett Devin Kessler Cameron Scoggins Gwendolyn Sundstrom
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Brad Caleb Kane Victor Miller Marc Toberoff Robert M. Barsamian Robert P. Barsamian Stuart Manashil Michael Lennox
Production company	A24
Original release
Network	Peacock

Produced by A24, it is set to premiere on Peacock.

Cast and characters

Main

• Linda Cardellini as Pamela Voorhees, Jason's mother
• William Catlett as Levon Brooks
• Devin Kessler as Briana Brooks
• Cameron Scoggins as Dorf
• Gwendolyn Sundstrom as Grace

Recurring

• Callum Vinson as young Jason Voorhees, Pamela's son
• Nick Cordileone as Ralph
• Joy Suprano as Rita
• Danielle Kotch as Claudette
• Phoenix Parnevik as Barry^[1]

Production

Development

In October 2022, a Friday the 13th prequel series titled, Crystal Lake, was announced to be in development by A24 with Bryan Fuller as showrunner. It was to be executive produced by Fuller, Victor Miller, Marc Toberoff and Rob Barsamian.^[2]

The following month, Fuller revealed to Fangoria that they had complete creative freedom of the franchise under the streaming rights. He further explained, "As a streaming series, we have the rights to do everything underneath the Friday the 13th umbrella. The movie rights are a completely different thing. They are tied up at New Line and are super, super messy and probably won't be untangled anytime soon, but as far as us chickens in the television industry, uh, roost, we have access to anything and everything that Friday the 13th has done up until this point."^[3] One episode written by Fuller was described as an "an hour-long chase" on a frozen Crystal Lake.^[4]

Writing for the series was slated to begin in late January 2023, with Kevin Williamson set to write an episode for season one.^[5] Production was halted in May 2023 due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike.^[6] In May 2024, it was revealed that Fuller had been fired from the series after A24 elected to take the series in a different direction.^[7] Williamson also departed from the project.^[8] At one point in production, Charlize Theron was considered as the role of Jason's mother, Pamela Voorhees.^[4] Filming was set to begin in August 2024, with a production budget of $10 million per episode for an eight episode season. Vincenzo Natali and Kimberly Peirce were set to direct episodes.^[4]

Nick Antosca was in talks to join as showrunner.^[4] In August 2024, it was announced that Brad Caleb Kane would serve as the series' new showrunner.^[9] Michael Lennox directed the first through third episodes, Celine Held and Logan George directed the fourth through sixth, and Quyen Tran helmed the seventh and eighth.^[10]

Casting

In January 2023, it was reported that Adrienne King was cast in a recurring undisclosed role. She previously portrayed Alice Hardy in the 1980 original film.^[5] In March 2025, Linda Cardellini was cast as Pamela Voorhees.^[11]

In May, a casting call was posted for background campers and counselors in New Jersey.^[12] Later that month, William Catlett was cast as Levon Brooks.^[13] In June 2025, Devin Kessler, Cameron Scoggins, and Gwendolyn Sundstrom was added to the main cast.^[10] Callum Vinson plays a young Jason Voorhees, Pamela's son, in a recurring guest role.^[1]

Filming

In April 2025, Kane posted an image of an episode's production script and said that the series' production offices had opened.^[14] In May, interior sets were under construction.^[15] Under the shooting title, Mama's Boy, principal photography commenced in New Jersey on June 20, 2025.^[16] Scenes were shot in Jersey City and West Milford. Filming of interior and exterior shots at the Rutt's Hut in Clifton took place from August 1–8.^[17] Production later moved to Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco in Blairstown, the same camp location and town used in the 1980 original film, Friday the 13th.^[18] Filming is expected to end in October.^[12]