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Friday the 13th video game may be in development, along with a film reboot slated for a 2016 release date, but why stop there? The upcoming
Friday the 13th television series, which was announced a while back, is now actively in development at the CW, the network behind
Arrow,
The Flash and
iZombie. The series will be written by
Steven Mitchell and
Craig Van Sickle, the creative team behind the 1996 TV series,
The Pretender.
The new
Friday the 13th series is described as an hour long
"sophisticated, horror/crime thriller" that re-imagines masked serial killer Jason Voorhees in a
"more grounded" reality. The series will focus on a detective's search for his missing brother, who is somehow tied to Jason, who in the series is long thought to have been dead before returning to Crystal Lake.
Previous reports have also suggested that the series will be set in a universe where the previous
Friday the 13th films are fiction that will somehow effect the "real world" version of Crystal Lake.
Horror television seems to be rising in popularity, as more and more shows continue to flood the screen, including the likes of
Scream,
American Horror Story and, most prestigiously,
Hannibal. One can only wonder if the medium can sustain a weekly dose of the slasher that is
Friday the 13th. It is currently unknown whether or not the
Friday the 13th series will be connected in any way to the upcoming theatrical reboot, set to be released May 2016.
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