Linda Cardellini Will Be Jason’s Murderous Mother within the Friday the thirteenth TV Present

As each slasher fan is aware of, the killer in Friday the thirteenth isn’t Jason Voorhees—that unkillable hockey-masked maniac would come later. Within the 1980 unique movie, the camp-counselor physique depend is all as a result of his mother, Pamela, looking for vengeance towards these she blames for her son’s drowning demise. We’ve lengthy suspected she’ll be the central determine in Peacock and A24’s prequel series Crystal Lake, and now it’s confirmed who will play her: Linda Cardellini (Useless to Me, No Good Deed, Freaks and Geeks).

This information was broadly confirmed within the trades at present, although reporter Jeff Sneider mentioned Cardellini was in talks for the function over a month in the past. In Deadline‘s announcement it famous the premise of Crystal Lake is being “saved below wraps,” however that “Cardellini’s Pamela is believed to be a mom who had given up a singing profession to boost a particular wants youngster and takes a darkish flip when she loses her son.”

The way forward for Crystal Lake was in turmoil after its unique shepherd Bryan Fuller was fired last year—however the ship seemingly righted itself when Brad Caleb Kane (Black Sails, Tokyo Vice, the upcoming It: Welcome to Derry) got here aboard as creator, author, showrunner, and government producer.

As a aspect be aware, Kane has his personal background in music (he was the singing voice for Aladdin within the 1992 Disney movie, amongst different credit), so whereas that “singing profession” premise is simply rumored, it looks like a thematic match. Casting the versatile Cardellini, who appears greater than able to doing Betsy Palmer, the unique Pamela Voorhees, proud seems like an lively burst in the precise route for Crystal Lake.

What do you make of this casting, and does it make you much more excited to spend a while at a cursed summer time camp?

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