Confirming reports from this past March, the CW is heading to Crystal Lake.
The network topper Mark Pedowitz today confirmed that the CW is developing “Friday 13th,” a drama series based on the long-running feature franchise, reports Deadline.
The series adaptation will be written by Steve Mitchell and Craig Van Sickle, creators of the 1996 NBC series “The Pretender” through CBS TV Studios.
“They are new in development,” Pedowitz said.
The Friday The 13th series project originated last year when Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films and Crystal Lake Entertainment sealed a deal to produce a new hourlong dramatic series based upon the characters and settings of the franchise, with Sean S. Cunningham, who helmed the 1980 original, executive producing along with EFO Films principals Randall Emmett & George Furla and Mark Canton, among others.
Bill Basso (Terminator) and Jordu Schell (Avatar) were tapped at the time to script a storyline that re-imagines Jason in multiple time periods. Details on the remake are sketchy but the idea had been to do a contemporary series focusing on the eclectic characters of Crystal Lake who are forced to confront the return of the killer, as new secrets about his wacky family are revealed. The masked Jason is being reimagined with a stronger feel of grounded reality.
Paramount is currently developing the new movie that would put David Bruckner behind the camera. Here’s the latest update on that project, set for release on May 13, 2016.
I’m all for an expanded universe, but I’m nervous about it landing on CW. I don’t watch any of their shows and I can’t say anything there is made for me, which begs the question, why would they want to make “Friday the 13th”? As I stated many of times before, I sort of hope CW is going for more edge with all of the genre series they’ve announced. Otherwise, we’re looking at “Friday the 13th” in the vein of “iZombie.” Is that something you guys want? Talk below.
