{"id":72882,"date":"2025-10-14T00:28:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T00:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/72882\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T00:28:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T00:28:11","slug":"friday-the-13th-tv-series-crystal-lake-will-be-on-sky-and-now-in-the-uk-and-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/72882\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday the 13th TV series Crystal Lake will be on Sky and Now in the UK and Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Halloween of 2022, it was\u00a0announced<\/a>\u00a0that original\u00a0Friday the 13th\u00a0screenwriter Victor Miller \u2013 fresh off winning the U.S. copyright to the 1980 film after a lawsuit that stretched on for years \u2013 was teaming up with his lawyer Marc Toberoff, franchise rights holder Rob Barsamian, production company A24, the Peacock streaming service, and showrunner Bryan Fuller (whose credits include\u00a0Hannibal\u00a0and\u00a0Pushing Daisies) to develop\u00a0Crystal Lake. Things were moving ahead at a good pace, filming was expected to begin in July 2024, but then the project hit a speed bump at the end of April 2024 with the firing of Fuller and his frequent collaborator Jim Danger Gray.\u00a0Things got back on track in late August 2024 with the hiring of a new showrunner \u2013 and that person is Brad Caleb Kane, who also serves as co-showrunner and executive producer of\u00a0It: Welcome to Derry, the\u00a0It\u00a0prequel series that\u2019s coming soon to HBO.\u00a0Filming on Crystal Lake started in New Jersey back in June and is expected to last through November 21st \u2013 and while we\u2019ve known from the start that the show will be streaming on Peacock in the United States, Deadline<\/a> has now confirmed that Sky and its streaming service Now will be bringing the series to the UK and Ireland. It will premiere sometime in 2026.<\/p>\n

Katie Keenan, Group Director of Acquisitions for Sky UK and Europe, provided the following statement: \u201cWe are so excited to bring\u00a0Crystal Lake, the back storyline to the iconic\u00a0Friday the 13th\u00a0franchise. Snapping up this show demonstrates our commitment to bringing our customers the best US drama series from one of the hottest US studios. We are thrilled to be in partnership with A24 and Peacock on this project.\u201c<\/p>\n

Crystal Lake\u00a0is filming under the not-so-secret codename\u00a0Mama\u2019s Boy.\u00a0So far, summer camp scenes have been filmed in West Milford, New Jersey and lake scenes were filmed in Ringwood, New Jersey, with Blairstown, New Jersey standing in as downtown Crystal Lake, just like it did in the original movie. Some filming has also taken place in South Orange Village.<\/p>\n

The cast of the show includes includes\u00a0Linda Cardellini<\/a>\u00a0(No Good Deed) as Jason Voorhees\u2019 vengeful mother Pamela Voorhees, Nick Cordileone\u00a0(Warrior) as Ralph \u2013 better known as Crazy Ralph, William Catlett (Black Lightning) as a character named Levon Brooks, who may be Crystal Lake\u2019s chief of police; Devin Kessler (Godfather of Harlem) as Briana Brooks, Cameron Scoggins (Shades of Blue)\u00a0as Dorf,\u00a0and Gwendolyn Sundstrom (I\u2019m Beginning to See the Light) as Grace.\u00a0Friday the 13th\u00a0fans will recognize the name Dorf, as he was the motorcycle cop who made a visit to Camp Crystal Lake in the original film. Kane confirmed that Dorf is \u201cone of many\u201d legacy characters from the original film who will be showing up in the series.\u00a0Also recently confirmed to be in the cast are Nancy Nagrant (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) as Kay Christy, Victoria Russell (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) as Celeste, Natalie Shaw (Daredevil: Born Again) as Pinky, Austin Colby (Pretty Thing) as Shep, Joy Suprano\u00a0(Best Foot Forward) as Rita,\u00a0Danielle Kotch\u00a0(Director\u2019s Cut) as Claudette, and\u00a0Phoenix Parnevik\u00a0(Bel-Air)\u00a0as Barry. There are more legacy characters in the mix here, as Barry and Claudette were the names of the first two victims in the original\u00a0Friday the 13th.\u00a0Callum Vinson (Chucky\u00a0season 3) plays young Jason Voorhees, with Zachary Branch (Monarch: Legacy of Monsters) reportedly appearing in one episode as an adult Jason Voorhees.<\/p>\n

In addition to showrunner, Kane will be credited as creator, writer, and executive producer of\u00a0Crystal Lake. It remains to be seen if he\u2019s using anything from the original Fuller scripts and outlines, or if he scrapped those and started over completely. When he was hired, he provided the following statement: \u201cFrom the moment I watched Jason Voorhees squeeze a guy\u2019s eyeball out of its socket (in glorious 3D!) at the tender age of 8 years old, I knew my creative path was someday destined to converge with The Man Behind The Mask. Nothing defined my childhood more than growing up in the golden age of the slasher flick, and nothing\u2019s defined the genre more than\u00a0Friday The 13th. I couldn\u2019t be more excited for the opportunity to contribute a chapter to this iconic franchise, particularly with such fearless partners as Peacock and A24.\u201c Beyond\u00a0It: Welcome to Derry,\u00a0Kane\u2019s TV credits include\u00a0Fringe, Black Sails, Lodge 49, Moonhaven, Warrior,\u00a0and\u00a0Tokyo Vice.<\/p>\n

According to Deadline,\u00a0Crystal Lake\u2018s version of Pamela is believed to be\u00a0a mother who had given up a singing career to raise a special needs child and takes a dark turn when she loses her son. The series is being executive produced by A24, Kane, Marc Toberoff, Victor Miller, Robert M. Barsamian, Robert P. Barsamian, Tyson Bidner, and Stuart Manashil. As Deadline notes, \u201cThe project will mark one of A24\u2019s first major IP-driven efforts amid a recent move expand in a more commercial direction.\u201d<\/p>\n

Directors on the series include Michael Lennox (Derry Girls), who helms episodes 1 through 3; Celine Held and Logan George (Caddo Lake), directing episodes 4 through 6, and Quyen Tran (Sirens), directing episodes 7 and 8.<\/p>\n

Are you glad to hear that Sky and Now are bringing Crystal Lake to the UK and Ireland? Share your thoughts on this one by leaving a comment below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Halloween of 2022, it was\u00a0announced\u00a0that original\u00a0Friday the 13th\u00a0screenwriter Victor Miller \u2013 fresh off winning the U.S. copyright…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[12698,51769,51770,47910,146,37063,85,46,51771,3880,3167,28181,411,51772],"class_list":{"0":"post-72882","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-a24","9":"tag-aith","10":"tag-arrow-in-the-head","11":"tag-crystal-lake","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-friday-the-13th","14":"tag-il","15":"tag-israel","16":"tag-linda-cardellini","17":"tag-now","18":"tag-peacock","19":"tag-sky","20":"tag-tv","21":"tag-victor-miller"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72882","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=72882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}