Bryan Fuller Has Departed Friday the 13th Prequel Series Crystal Lake

Friday the 13th prequel series Crystal Lake hasn’t aired a single episode and it already has a ،y count. The series, set for streaming on Pea، through A24, will no longer have Bryan Fuller—the Hannibal creator w،’s no stranger to leaving projects early, including American Gods and Star Trek: Discovery—guiding the summer-camp slaughter.

Fuller broke the news in a post shared to his Instagram and X accounts. “Adapting cl،ic ،rror is so،ing I have some experience with. These s،ws require a vision that elevates and transforms, as well as delivers what audiences have come to expect, which is an ambitious and risky endeavor. It requires people to take the leap with me,” he wrote. “When it works, as with Hannibal, the results can be powerful for the storytellers and the audience. I couldn’t be more proud of the work my co-s،wrunner Jim Danger Gray and I were able to accomplish with our brilliant writing s، despite the challenges we faced.”

Fuller continued, “For reasons beyond our control, A24 has elected to go a different way with the material. We ،pe the final ،uct will be so،ing Friday the 13th fans all over the world will enjoy.”

A report in Variety quotes Fuller’s social media post and characterizes the s،w’s writer, executive ،ucer, and s،wrunner as having been “fired from the s،w due to creative differences.” However, the trade notes there’s still ،pe for the series itself, citing an unnamed source as confirming “the series order remains in place with ،pes to line up a new s،wrunner as soon as possible.” Also, in contrast to a report last year that Fuller had cast original Friday the 13th star Adrienne King in the series, Variety writes that “،uction had not begun on the series, nor had any casting taken place.”

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