Claire Danes was offered the role of Pam Voorhees in the TV series Friday the 13th

On Halloween 2022, it was announced that the original Friday 13 screenwriter Victor Miller – who had just won the US copyright to the 1980 film after a years-long trial – teamed up with his lawyer Marc Toberoff, franchise rights holder Rob Barsamian, the company production company A24, streaming service Peacock and showrunner Bryan. Fuller (whose credits include Hannibal And Push the daisies) to develop a new Friday 13 streaming series called Crystal Lake. Things were moving at a good pace, but the project hit a slowdown in late April with the firing of Fuller and frequent collaborator Jim Danger Gray. Last week, an article published by The Wrap sought to understand why Crystal Lake fell apart just months before filming was scheduled to begin (the production start date was July 22, to be exact). Their sources gave a lot of conflicting information, but it seemed to boil down to concerns about Fuller’s vision, late scripts, a ballooning budget (it exceeded the $85 million planned for the first season), unpaid writers …and perhaps A24 executives. lack of television experience. In this article, it was mentioned that Charlize Theron was wanted for the role of Pam Voorhees, Jason’s vengeful mother. Industry scooper Daniel Richtman has since added: “While watching Charlize Theron, Claire Danes was offered to play Pam Voorhees but she declined. Another interesting thing is that it was only a one-year deal. This means that the main character would change in season 2.“

This is consistent with what The Wrap had heard: Fuller’s approach to the material was to make each season a deconstruction of the first four. Friday 13 movies. “The series would incorporate lore from several sequels but remix this material in a manner similar to that of Fuller. Hannibalwhich interpolated the novels of Thomas Harris for three seasons.“So season 1 would be fixed”immediately after the drowning of young Jason Voorhees,” and it would focus on his mother Pam as she goes on a homicidal rampage of revenge. This rampage doesn’t go well for Pam, opening the door to Jason’s return and her own killing spree.

Each episode of Crystal Lake was supposed to have a budget of $9.6 million, but A24 reportedly wanted to cut it in half. They’re currently looking for a new showrunner who will be able to get the series into production – and maybe they’ll find someone who can help them make these budget cuts. It remains to be seen if they will use Fuller’s original scripts and plans, or if they will start over completely. Nick Antosca – co-producer on Hannibal and executive producer on Chucky – is reportedly one of the contenders for the showrunner position, but it is believed that Antosca (who wrote the script for an unmade film) Friday 13 reboot in 2015) would abandon Fuller’s work and rebuild Crystal Lake zero if he registered.

What do you think of A24’s idea to have Pam Voorhees play Claire Danes or Charlize Theron? Who would you like to see play the character? Let us know by leaving a comment below.