We all know the story of the ill-fated summer camp and surrounding lake of Crystal Lake that saw the death of a young boy that drown while in the care of camp counselors that were more into exploring each other's anatomy than taking care of the kids. Flash some 20 years later, the now closed down camp looks to reopen with a new crop of horny twenty-somethings looking more for a good time than a job. Once again dark days fall upon the camp as one by one the counselors die. This premise has now spawned a plethora of sequels and not only on e reboot, but a new as well.
While the movies follow our favorite honky mask wearing, machete wielding maniac the new series looks to go more in-depth with the town, its residents and the Voorhees themselves. No different than what is now being done with Norman Bates and his mom and the strange Twin Peaks type town they live in.
Terminator's Bill Basso and Jordu Schell from Avatar are on task to write the script that will take Jason through multiple time periods. Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films and Crystal Lake entertainment are the producing partners that are going to take the franchise to the small screen. No word as of yet on what channel will be the home of the new Friday the 13th Series.
In 1987 another (short lived) series of the same name hit airways. Origainally entitled the 13th Hour, producer Frank Mancuso Jr.(Producer of Friday the 13th Part 2) thought that changing the name to Friday the 13th would draw a bigger audience. Mancuso's version followed the cousins Michelle "Micki" Foster and Ryan Dallion as they hunted cursed antiques that were sold by their uncle who had made (then broke) a deal with the Devil.
That series lasted 3 seasons.
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