In September 2003, during a panel session at the Maniafest convention, Sean S. Cunningham spoke about the possibility of bringing "Friday the 13th" to television, with the series focusing on a group of teenagers living in the Crystal Lake area. On October 2005, Cunningham discussed the potential series further. He explained that the idea was to call the series "Crystal Lake Chronicles", and "set in a town with all this Jason history". The series would focus more on "coming-of-age issues", in a similar style to "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Dawson's Creek", and "Smallville", with Jason as more of a recurring "background" character.