According to the Deadline, The CW is developing a brand new series that will focus on everyone's favorite mass murder, Jason Voorhees. The show will be a drama series based off the long-running franchise, Friday the 13th. The adaptation is going to be written by Steve Mitchell & Craig Van Sickle, creators of the 1996 NBC series "The Pretender" through CBS TV Studios.
The project was first mentioned last year when Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films and Crystal Lake Entertainment sealed a deal with Sean S. Cunningham, who helmed the 1980 original. This is first time since then that we have heard news about the show. Pedowitz confirmed, “They are new in development."
Friday the 13th is among one of the new shows that CW is developing, alongside series based on movies like The Notebook, Little Women and Frequency. An adaptation of Archie Comics’ Riverdale is also in the works. “I’m a big believer in titles and franchises,” Pedowitz said at TCA today. “It makes them break out of the pack in some ways.”
Now with more evidence confirming that a Friday the 13th series is in the works, how do you guys feel about it? Let us know in the comments below and stick to GameZone for further updates.
