10 Horror Franchises Set For A Huge 2024

3. Friday The 13th

With the legal battle between original Friday the 13th director Sean S. Cunningham and writer Victor Miller now behind us, horror fans have the prospect of fresh Friday the 13th content for the first time since Marcus Nispel's 2009 reboot.

Of course, in that time we've had a couple of fun fan films, and Illfonic and Gun Media's excellent Friday the 13th video game, but we now finally have new F13 projects in the works for both the big and small screen.

Aiming to premiere before the end of 2024, A24 and Hannibal's Bryan Fuller are developing a Friday the 13th TV series titled Crystal Lake. Promising to featured "many familiar manifestations of Jason", this show already has Adrienne King - the actress behind Alice Hardy, the original picture's survivor who was offed in the opening of Friday the 13th Part 2 - cast in an unspecified role, with Victor Miller on board as an executive producer.

In terms of the silver screen, Sean S. Cunningham is currently exploring options to craft a new Friday the 13th film which would serve as a direct sequel to his 1980 original.

Either way, having been starved of new Friday the 13th output for 15 years, things are looking extremely positive for franchise fans here in 2024.

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