'Crystal Lake' – Callum Vinson will be Jason Voorhees in series prequel to 'Friday the 13th'

With filming in progress, Crystal Lakethe Prequel Series of the classic Friday the 13thmakes known the signing that we all expected.

According to Deadline reports, Callum Vinson (Chucky, Long Bright River) is playing the new Jason Voorhees in the series produced by A24 and the streamer Peacock.

Brad Caleb Kane It is the showrunner, creator, screenwriter and executive producer of the series, which is being shot under the funny false title Mama’s Boy.

Crystal Lake It is described as an “expanded prequel” of the original classicwith the return of the characters Jason Voorhees and his mother, Pamela Voorhees. The story will cover the life and time of these two characters.

The iconic hockey mask murderer, is the son of Pamela Voorhees, who is played by Linda Cardellini (Dead to Me, The Curse of La Llorona, E.R.).

Mrs. Voorhees de Cardellini describes how, “a mother who left her career as a singer to raise a child with special needs and suffers a gloomy turn when she loses her son.”

Vinson appears as recurring guest starsince this New project focuses on Pamela.

Crystal Lake is a town, a lake and a summer camp in the franchise. Jason drowned in Lake Children, which caused the mother to go out in search of revenge in the camp. Jason witnessed his mother's decapitation at the hands of a camp monitor, which triggered him in a wave of murders that stalks the area throughout 12 films.

Other newly confirmed signings include Nick Cordileone (Warrior) as Ralph, Joy Suprano (Fleishman is in Trouble) As Rita, Danielle Kotch (Director’s Cut) like Claudette and Phoenix Parnevik (Call) Like Barry.

We met Barry in the original film as a monitor of the Crystal Lake camp and the first victim of Pamela (Betsy Palmer in the movie). It was characterized by Willie Adams. His girlfriend, Claudette, also a camp monitor, was the second victim of Pamela.

Ralph, also known as Crazy Ralph, appeared in the first two films. He is a resident of Crystal Lake for a long time that, drunk, divagates the curse of the Crystal Lake camp. EYE TO THE DATA: The characters could differ from those portrayed in the prequel, and even if they are the same, their stories could evolve towards something different.

All of them join Cardellini and those previously announced, William Catlett (Abigail), Cameron Scoggins (Nashville), Devin Kessler (Godfather of Harlem) y Gwendolyn Sundstrom.

This is the first new material in the franchise Friday 13 From the reboot cinemas of 2009.

The series was announced in November 2022, at that time with Bryan Fuller (Hannibal) as showrunner. After his departure from the project, Kane assumed the creative reins. Peacock ordered a full season for the series, with an option for a second season.

The first season, of 8 episodeswill be directed by Michael Lennox (Derry Girls), Celine Held & Logan George (Caddo Lake) y Quyen Tran (The Pitt). Lennox directs the first episode with Maceo Bishop (The Watcher) as director of photography.

He has spent sixteen years since we saw Jason Vorhees on a large screen. The last film was the 2009 reboot. He was later trapped in a legal dispute between Sean Cunningham – director of the original film – and Victor Miller – Original guy – to have control of property rights.

The legal case, which was decided by the Court of Appeals of the Second Circuit of the USA. Uu. He gave Miller as the winner of the rights of the character he created after a battle for the termination of copyright. The producers of the original film, Horror Inc., had argued that Miller's participation was a job, but a judge ruled that it was not. The case raided the way for Miller to license a prequel series.

Miller is another executive producers with Kane, Marc Uberooff, Robert M. Barsamian, Robert P. Barsamian, Stuart Manashil and A24.