The 'Crystal Lake' series starts its filming under the title 'Mama's Boy'

The doors of the Crystal Lake camp are officially open!

This morning it was announced that the filming of Crystal Lakethe Classic prequel series Friday the 13this Under the funny false title Mama’s Boy.

The beginning of the production was released Brad Caleb Kanethe showrunner, creator, screenwriter and executive producer of the series.

Kane subtitles a photo behind the shared cameras on her Instagram (available below): “First day of production. It's real, friends.”

The episode, currently in production, is directed by Michael Lennox (Derry Girls), con Maceo Bishop (The Curse, The Watcher) as director of photography.

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 series is a study production A24 and the streamer Peacock. This is the first new material in the franchise Friday 13 From the reboot cinemas of 2009.

Linda Cardellini (E.R., Dead to Me, The Curse of La Llorona) Star in the series playing the Sra. Pamela Voorhees, Jason's mother. They accompany him William Catlett (Abigail), Cameron Scoggins (Nashville), Devin Kessler (Godfather of Harlem) y Gwendolyn Sundstrom.

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 dark turn when she loses her son.”

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 episodes, will be directed by Michael Lennox (Derry Girls), Celine Held & Logan George (Caddo Lake) y Quyen Tran (The Pitt).

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.