This horror guru could revive A24’s “Crystal Lake” series

There was a disturbing excitement in the air on All Hallow’s Eve 2022 when A24 announced its plans to launch a Friday the 13th Prequel series titled Crystal Lake. With Pushing daisies And Hannibal Creator Bryan Fuller The reveal was just what fans of the franchise needed as they prepared for their Halloween festivities. But now that excitement has turned into feelings of loss, disappointment and frustration as Crystal Lake the petrol ran out with Fuller left the project in May. Since then, the rumor mill has been buzzing with speculation about what will happen next in the story, which was supposed to begin before the events of . Sean S. Cunninghams classic horror film from 1980.

Although the studio, which previously gave audiences such gruesome classics as Ari Aster‘S Midsummer And Hereditary, Danny and Michael Philippou‘S Talk to meAnd Ti West‘S X Trilogy lost Fuller, it is said by sources close to A24 that there are still plans to continue with Camp Crystal LakeSo who is in the running to pick up the Machete where the original showrunner left off? According to The Wrapwho was the first to share the inside information from people close to both Fuller and A24’s side of the story, Chucky And sweets executive producer Nick Antosca is interested in continuing the stalled project.

The unnamed source says that A24 still wants to make progress with Crystal Lakebecause he saw ample opportunity for the origin story of Jason Vorhees. Antosca previously worked with Fuller on Hannibal and has connections to Friday the 13th universe when he wrote a feature-length screenplay almost a decade ago. With this in mind, should Antosca be chosen by the studio to Crystal Lakehe would probably do everything Fuller and his team had previously and go in a completely different direction.

What else has Nick Antosca been working on?

In addition to serving as executive producer of Hulu’s sweets and Syfy and USA Network’s ChuckyAntosca has also served as showrunner and creator on several similar productions. His showrunner credits include Channel Zero And A friend of the familyThe latter served as a scripted series of the true crime story, which in Skye Borgman‘S Kidnapped in front of everyone. Antosca’s passion for exciting real-life stories is also evident in the Hulu miniseries, The actwhich he helped create, as well as Netflix’ Brand new cherry flavor.

At the moment it seems as if Crystal Lake has suffered beneath the surface, but hopefully, as the rumor mill churns, the highly anticipated prequel series will be given new life – perhaps even with Antosca’s name at the helm. You can stream Friday the 13th now on max.

Friday the 13th

Release date

May 9, 1980

director

Sean S. Cunningham

Pour

Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Jeannine Taylor, Robbi Morgan, Kevin Bacon

Duration

95 minutes

Main genre

Horror

Authors

Victor Miller, Ron Kurz

Production company

Paramount Pictures, Georgetown Productions Inc., Sean S. Cunningham Films

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