{"id":59560,"date":"2014-04-25T10:32:35","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T09:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=59560"},"modified":"2014-04-25T10:32:35","modified_gmt":"2014-04-25T09:32:35","slug":"friday-the-13th-tv-series-brings-jason-to-small-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/friday-the-13th-tv-series-brings-jason-to-small-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday The 13th TV series brings Jason to small screen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/jasonx.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59561\" alt=\"jasonx\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/jasonx.jpg\" width=\"616\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/jasonx.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/jasonx-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\"><\/a>Not content with the upcoming <strong><em>Friday The 13th<\/em> <\/strong>reboot, Jason Vorhees is getting his own TV show.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bloody-disgusting.com\/news\/3290591\/breaking-friday-13th-tv-series-announced\/\">Deadline<\/a> reports that the Crystal Lake slasher will be making the move to television with hour-long episodes.<\/p>\n<p>They report that the new series will be &#x201C;contemporary, focusing on the eclectic characters of Crystal Lake who are forced to confront the return of the killer, as new secrets about his wacky family are revealed.&#x201D;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Friday The 13th<\/em> <\/strong>creator Sean S. Cunningham stated &#x201C;Jason Voorhees is synonymous with the genre and we plan to build on this legacy with a provocative and compelling take that expands upon the storylines that have already thrilled millions worldwide.&#x201D; The script comes from Bill Basso (<strong><em>Terminator<\/em><\/strong>) and Jordu Schell (<strong><em>Avatar<\/em><\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>This doesn&#x2019;t seem to conflict with the recently announced <strong><em>Friday The 13th<\/em><\/strong> reboot, directed by David Bruckner.<\/p>\n<p>Jason has, of course, missed TV stardom with 1987&#x2019;s <strong><em>Friday The 13th: The Series<\/em><\/strong>, which used the film&#x2019;s title but not its star.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Friday-The-13th-Betsy-Palmer\/dp\/B0000AISJT\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1398417726&sr=8-1&keywords=friday+13th&tag=scifinowmag-21%20\">buy Friday The 13th on DVD for &#xA3;5.09 at Amazon.co.uk.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jason Vorhees will kill weekly with a new hour-long Friday The 13th TV show<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":59561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"Uncategorized","MSN_Publish_Option":false,"MSN_Is_Local_News":false,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":""},"categories":[3,207],"tags":[3735,797],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/jasonx.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59560"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}