{"id":337952,"date":"2026-03-13T22:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/337952\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T22:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:36:08","slug":"that-sure-is-a-picture-of-a-knife-friday-the-13th-spinoff-crystal-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/337952\/","title":{"rendered":"That Sure Is a Picture of a Knife, ‘Friday the 13th’ Spinoff ‘Crystal Lake’"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s Friday the 13th<\/a>\u2014a hallowed day for horror fans<\/a> and the ideal moment for Peacock to share an update on the Jason Voorhees prequel series, Crystal Lake, coming later this year. The streamer did just that, but it\u2019s a little underwhelming: no trailer. No teaser. Not even a first good look at Linda Cardellini as Jason\u2019s unhinged mother, Pamela. Instead, we got a trio of images that feel like someone was assembling a summer camp slaughter-themed<\/a> mood board.<\/p>\n

The first one is at the top of this post; here are the other two, shared on X<\/a> with the following reminder: \u201cCrystal Lake. Coming soon to Peacock.\u201d It shows a hand (Pamela\u2019s???) brandishing a bloody knife with a tree in the background.<\/p>\n

Next up: Crystal Lake itself. There\u2019s a cabin with lit-up windows on the shore, a lonely dock, and fog making things a tad more atmospheric.<\/p>\n

\"Crystallakelake\"\u00a9 Peacock <\/p>\n

And finally, sneaker-clad feet in a tangle on the floor of what could be a boathouse, given the life preserver in the background. Are these horny teens doing something Pamela won\u2019t approve of? Are these dead teens feeling Pamela\u2019s wrath? Perhaps both?<\/p>\n

\"Crystallakesneakers\"\u00a9 Peacock <\/p>\n

We\u2019re feasting on scraps for now, but we\u2019re just glad Peacock checked the calendar and realized it had to share something, especially after February\u2019s Friday the 13th passed without any fanfare. The final Friday the 13th in 2026 doesn\u2019t come until November, so maybe Crystal Lake will be weaving some kind of Halloween-spooky season web that includes that particular red-letter day.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what we do know about Crystal Lake so far, other than it\u2019s \u201ccoming soon to Peacock.\u201d It\u2019s traveled a rocky road since it was first announced in October 2022<\/a>. Hannibal\u2018s Bryan Fuller<\/a>, the original showrunner<\/a>, announced in May 2024 that he\u2019d departed the project<\/a>, which is a collaboration between the streamer and indie film powerhouse A24.<\/p>\n

On social media, Fuller wrote<\/a>, \u201cFor reasons beyond [co-showrunner Jim Danger Gray and my] control, A24 has elected to go a different way with the material. We hope the final product will be something Friday the 13th fans all over the world will enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n

In June 2024, the Wrap shared a deeper dive<\/a> into what went wrong\u2014budget concerns played a part\u2014but also affirmed that Crystal Lake would still be moving forward. Last March, Linda Cardellini was announced<\/a> to be playing the main character of Pamela Voorhees in a series now being overseen by It: Welcome to Derry<\/a>\u2018s Brad Caleb Kane. In July, Chucky veteran Callum Vinson was cast<\/a> as a young version of future immortal serial killer Jason.<\/p>\n

Kane contributed a short video message to the \u201cJason Universe\u201d panel<\/a> at last year\u2019s San Diego Comic-Con, where the main focus was the future of Jason on the big screen as well as the short film Sweet Revenge<\/a>, made in conjunction with a cider company<\/a> (hope you watched it already, because it\u2019s no longer online).<\/p>\n

With zero updates on a new Friday the 13th movie, Crystal Lake is all we have. It\u2019s been 17 years since the Michael Bay-produced Friday the 13th remake, which is somehow looking better and better in retrospect. Please, Peacock and A24\u2014can we have something more soon?<\/p>\n

Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel<\/a>, Star Wars<\/a>, and Star Trek<\/a> releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV<\/a>, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Friday the 13th\u2014a hallowed day for horror fans and the ideal moment for Peacock to share an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":337953,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[47910,146,37063,85,46,3167,411],"class_list":["post-337952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-crystal-lake","tag-entertainment","tag-friday-the-13th","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-peacock","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}