Linda Cardellini to star in Friday the 13th prequel series Crystal Lake

Peacock and A24's Friday the 13th prequel series Crystal Lake has found its leading lady.Bloodline actress Linda Cardellini stars in Crystal Lake, a drama set before the events that launched the slasher franchise. She plays Pamela Voorhees, the mother of undead killer Jason Voorhees (and the person responsible for the murders in the original 1980 film). Plot details are being kept under wraps.



The three-time Emmy nominee Cardellini's (pictured) TV credits also include Disney+'s Marvel's Hawkeye, Netflix's No Good Deed and Dead to Me, and AMC's Mad Men.

Crystal Lake has been in the works for some time. Peacock ordered the series in 2022, with Bryan Fuller initially attached as writer and showrunner. Fuller eventually left the project, confirming his exit in May 2024 and saying that A24 “decided to go a different way with the material.”

Brad Caleb Kane (Max’s It: Welcome to Derry) joined the series in August and is credited as creator, writer and showrunner, suggesting that the material Fuller and other writers worked on won’t be used. “Nothing defined my childhood more than growing up in the golden age of the slasher flick, and nothing’s defined the genre more than Friday the 13th,” Kane said upon joining the series. “I couldn’t be more excited for the opportunity to contribute a chapter to this iconic franchise, particularly with such fearless partners as Peacock and A24.”