‘Dead To Me' Star Cast As Jason's Mother In ‘Friday The 13th' Prequel Series
Netflix's Dead to Me star Linda Cardellini, has been cast as Pamela Voorhees in Crystal Lake, a Friday the 13th prequel series.
The Friday the 13th horror film series began in 1980 with the tale of a group of camp counselors who are murdered while attempting to reopen the abandoned Camp Crystal Lake. The film stars Betsy Palmer as Pamela — the mother of Jason — who has a dark secret.
In subsequent movies, Jason grows up to become a maniacal, machete-wielding serial killer. Following the use of a gunny sack hood in Friday the 13th Part II, Jason began to wear his now famous hockey mask to conceal his face in Friday the 13th Part III.
The Friday the 13th film franchise to date consists of 12 movies, including a remake of the original in 2009.
According to Deadline, Linda Cardellini will assume the role of Betsy in the new series, which will stream on Peacock. Per the trade publication, Brad Caleb Kane (Tokyo Vice, Lodge 49) is the creator of Crystal Lake and will be the series writer, showrunner and executive producer.
Deadline noted that the plot for Crystal Lake has not been divulged.
Linda Cardellini seen at New Line Cinema Premiere of 'The Curse of La Llorona' at The Egyptian ... More Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA - 15 April 2019 (Photo byfor Warner Bros.)
Linda Cardellini has compiled 75 screen credits dating back to 1996 when she starred in a family-friendly horror comedy series Bone Chillers. Cardellini's breakthrough role in television came with her turn as Lindsay Weir on creator Paul Feig's classic coming-of-age comedy series Freaks and Geeks.
After a supporting role in the comedy hit Legally Blonde in 2001, Cardellini was cast as Velma in the 2002 live-action adaptation of the iconic cartoon series Scooby-Doo and reprised the role for Scooby Doo: Monsters Unleashed in 2004.
Cardellini's other film credits include Brokeback Mountain, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Endgame, A Simple Favor, Green Book and two Daddy's Home movies. She also starred in the lead role of Anna in director Michael Chaves' 2019 horror hit The Curse of La Llorona, which is an unofficial part of James Wan's Conjuring Universe.
Cardellini also starred opposite Christina Applegate and James Marsden for creator Liz Feldman's dark Netflix comedy hit Dead to Me, which ran for three seasons from 2019-2022. In 2024 Cardellini returned to Netflix for another dark comedy, No Good Deed.
The premiere date for the Friday the 13th prequel Crystal Lake is yet to be announced.
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