A24's Friday the 13th prequel show being made for Peacock moves forward as Brad Caleb Kane is hired as the series' new showrunner.
. The series originally tapped Bryan Fuller as showrunner; however, Fuller left the project in May 2024. At that time, it was assumed that the series was dead.Kane said in a statement, “From the moment I watched Jason Voorhees squeeze a guy’s eyeball out of its socket at the tender age of 8 years old, I knew my creative path was someday destined to converge with The Man Behind The Mask.
Along with being a co-showrunner on the new It: Welcome to Derry series alongside Jason Fuchs, Kane previously worked on television series such as Fringe, Black Sails, Lodge 49, Warrior, Tokyo Vice, and more. There have been 12 films in the Friday the 13th franchise thus far, including 1980’s Friday the 13th, 1981’s Friday the 13th Part 2, 1982’s Friday the 13th Part III, 1984’s Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, 1985’s Friday the 13th: A New Beginning, 1986’s Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, 1988’s Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, 1989’s Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, 1993’s Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, 2002’s Jason X, 2003’s Freddy vs.
There was also a Friday the 13th: The Series horror television show that premiered in 1987; however, it has no connection to the film franchise.Brandon Schreur has been writing about comics, movies, television shows, and all things pop culture for roughly five years. He's a lifelong cinephile who spends way, way too much money buying Blu-rays and trade paperbacks. You can find him on twitter at @brandonschreur.
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