Bryan Fuller Wants His Friday the thirteenth Show to Go to Space

A Friday the thirteenth prequel present titled Crystal Lake is coming to Peacock, and now its showrunner, Bryan Fuller, is clearing up some misconceptions. In a brand new interview, Fuller defined that the present can, actually, use something from the Friday the thirteenth franchise as a result of it’s a streaming sequence, not a film. He additionally revealed why the present is more likely to go at the very least two seasons, what number of seasons he has deliberate, and that if the present goes 10 seasons, he has a plan for that.

“If we get 10 seasons, I’m going to make a concerted effort to find a way to rationally and dramatically and, in some fashion, go to space,” Fuller told Fangoria. “I can’t imagine it going 10 seasons, but I will put that out there that, uh … well, I haven’t gotten past laying out the first three seasons, honestly, so I suppose it’s very easy for me to say, yeah, if we get to 10 seasons, we’re going to space. Wait and see!”

When information broke of the present coming, experiences have been that due to the difficult rights points surrounding the Friday the thirteenth franchise, the present wouldn’t be capable of use something from movies after the primary film. Which, principally, meant no hockey masks for Jason. But Fuller defined that’s not the case.

“As a streaming series, we have the rights to do everything underneath the Friday the 13th umbrella,” he stated. “The movie rights are a completely different thing. They are tied up at New Line and are super, super messy and probably won’t be untangled anytime soon, but as far as us chickens in the television industry, uh, roost, we have access to anything and everything that Friday the 13th has done up until this point.”

Being because the present is a prequel although, followers speculated simply how far earlier than the primary movie the present may presumably happen. Years? Decades? Centuries? Fuller couldn’t get into specifics of when the present is about or what the story is however he stated it’s much less a prequel and extra a “pre-remake-uel.” What does that imply? Well, he stated Jason might be part of the sequence and “I think over the course of the series you will see many familiar manifestations of Jason.” So that makes it sound prefer it’ll be a lot, a lot nearer to the unique tales than many anticipated.

In addition, Fuller defined that Crystal Lake is coming to Peacock as a result of the streamer actually rolled out the pink carpet for his staff. “There was a bidding war on this, and [Peacock] came in strong and gave us a full-season commitment with a huge penalty if we don’t do a second season,” he stated. “So it’s kind of a two-season commitment [laughs], but really just the first-season commitment. We’re going to have roughly five times the per-episode budget that we had on Hannibal.”

You learn that proper. “Five times the per-episode budget” of Hannibal. A present that regarded superb. No surprise Fuller thinks, if the present goes 10 seasons, he’ll be capable of pull a Jason X and go to house. “It will absolutely be recognizable for the hardcore Friday the 13th fans, but will also have an appeal to people who are simply interested in top-shelf TV storytelling,” he stated.

Read extra from Fuller over on Fangoria and hold a watch out for Crystal Lake someday sooner or later.

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