Overview
- Peacock released the full trailer on Sunday, Sept. 13, and confirmed all eight episodes will be available to binge on the streamer on October 15, with TIFF selection and a New York Comic Con screening scheduled before the premiere.
- Linda Cardellini stars as Pamela Voorhees with Callum Vinson playing young Jason and William Catlett, Devin Kessler, Cameron Scoggins and Gwendolyn Sundstrom among the series regulars.
- Brad Caleb Kane serves as creator, writer and showrunner and A24 is producing the series that was developed after an earlier Bryan Fuller iteration left the project.
- The trailer sets the story in 1971, centers Pamela’s descent from grief to violence, and includes imagery that has prompted press speculation about possible government or experiment-related elements while Cardellini has confirmed the show relies on practical, graphic effects.
- The series follows a long period of franchise dormancy caused by rights disputes, and its festival rollout and prestige-horror backing suggest Peacock and A24 aim to recast Friday the 13th lore and renew mainstream interest in the property.