The Friday the 13th film franchise is currently at one of its most interesting positions in years. The rightsholders recently launched the “Jason Universe” as a brand label to oversee new merchandise, the upcoming television series Crystal Lake, and new potential video games and movies. In fact, it was recently announced at Comic-Con that a new Friday the 13th movie was in the works, and now it could happen sooner than we think.
As of this writing, no official details regarding the feature film have been released, but fans have started picking up on certain clues. In order to fully understand the situation, we must look at Crystal Lake, the upcoming television series that acts as some kind of prequel to the original film. This series is being produced by A24 but it’s also slated to be released on Universal’s streaming service Peacock.
It’s interesting that Crystal Lake is being released on a Universal streaming service, because it just so happens that Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights will feature a “Jason Universe” attraction including the new Jason Voorhees design. Universal is now involved with this Jason Voorhees relaunch in two major ways.
Upon further inspection, the recent Jason Universe panel at 2025’s San Diego Comic-Con featured an appearance from Atomic Monster EVP of Film Judson Scott. It hasn’t been confirmed why Scott was at the panel, but the presence of Atomic Monster could indicate they’re tied to a potential Jason Universe movie. If that’s not enough, Atomic Monster recently merged with Blumhouse, which is another big piece to the developing puzzle.
It’s no mystery that Blumhouse has a distribution deal with Universal. Many of their films and shows have been released by the studio. Thus, if Blumhouse & Atomic Monster produced a Friday the 13th movie, one could see Universal being the studio to distribute it. And, if they’re already distributing the new Friday the 13th TV series Crystal Lake, it would make sense that the Jason Universe label would have everything under this new roof.
While this isn’t confirmed, it’s a scenario that makes perfect sense, and one that has an additional missing piece. When would such a film be released? As it turns out, there is an untitled Blumhouse movie scheduled to be distributed by Universal on March 13, 2026. This date also happens to be on Friday the 13th – the perfect opportunity for a mysterious Jason Universe project to be released.
It might be wishful thinking to assume a new Friday the 13th project could get off the ground so quickly, but the turnaround rate for these movies has always been quick. After all, they nearly made one every single year in the 1980s – it’s possible. Only time will tell what plans are in store for the Jason Universe, but if they want to relaunch the brand under Universal, all of the pieces are lining up that way.