


Dread Central has learned from reliable production insiders that Schuyler White, a seasoned creature and stunt performer, is in talks to appear as adult Jason Voorhees in Crystal Lake, the forthcoming Friday the 13th prequel series from Peacock and A24. While Peacock has not officially confirmed the casting, this would mark the first news of an adult Jason appearing in the series.
The exact nature of White’s potential appearance remains under wraps. Could adult Jason emerge in a flash-forward, hallucination, or prophetic dream sequence? The mystery deepens. Sources tell Dread Central that White is currently slated to appear in just one episode, and that the adult Jason character will not be a recurring role.

"In many ways, it's a psychological thriller. It's a paranoid '70s thriller," he tells EW. "It has all of the DNA of a slasher without quite being a slasher. There are rivers of blood in the show. There are very, I think, ingenious kill sequences and deaths and murders, but it's all done in service of character and theme and place and time."
"I tried to think about Crystal Lake and a Friday the 13th prequel as, 'What era did the first movie come out of?'" Kane explains. "It came out of the paranoid '70s thriller era. It came out of the mistrust-of-institutions era. It came out of the women's lib era, the National Organization for Women era, this consciousness-raising awakening era in America. I wanted to go and play with all of those themes."
However, when it comes to Cardellini's performance, Kane says, "She's gonna shock and surprise a lot of people. I think she's gonna get a lot of attention for this role. She's inconceivably brilliant in it. I can't really say any more."