Like what you see and ready to support more original horror criticism? Last month, Clive Barker, writer of the original Hellraiser, sued for a declaratory judgment that he can terminate his copyright transfer and regain the franchise. Friday The 13th Reboot Update! The trial judge opted not to decide on the ownership of the character of Jason Voorhees (nor was this issue contemplated in the Appeal decision). Jason appeared in a 2015 DLC of Mortal Kombat X (before the notice of termination) and has not yet appeared in Mortal Kombat 11, raising lots of questions as to whether the legal battle would kill the possibility. Fans just want another movie at this point, but its starting to feel like poor Jason is never going to get out of the courtroom. He is a new addition to the Screen Rant Core News team but a lifelong and passionate fan of cinema and TV. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of Friday the 13thwriter Victor Miller in his lawsuit against the film's director and producer, Sean Cunningham. - https://www.twitch.tv/slashncastFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/slashncastXbox, PS4, and Steam Community Groups - \"Slash N Cast Fans\"Support the Slash 'N Cast Podcast Network - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1430243890487883/https://twitter.com/SnCNetwork2017-2020 Retro Redux Entertainment#horror #horrornews #slashncast Hopefully, the issue with the rights will at least be sorted out this year so Camp Crystal Lake can open back up as soon as possible. Copyright fights are on the horizon for many well-known characters. This accounting can affect how agreements for gross profits are paid out. Miller may control the script and characters from the original movie, but not the title Friday the 13th, nor the content from sequels which includes the adult Jason and the iconic hockey mask that has defined him since Part III. Its also possible the delay is because Judge Winter was the judge writing the decision (one judge usually writes the long decision and the others concur or dissent.). Further, he alleges that Paramount and Warner Bros redacted the license agreements preventing him from getting a clear picture of the flow of money, stating they withheld documents would reveal that the Picturess distribution was structured to inequitably advance the interest of Defendants (the studios) and favored third parties.. EDITOR UPDATE: More information about the lawsuit has become available. Now, LeBron's partner in the Friday the 13th reboot, Vertigo Entertainment founder Roy Lee, shares an exclusive update with the Bloody Disgusting podcast The Boo Crew that should excite fans. Without divulging anything substantial, Lee hints that news regarding the iconic slasher franchise could be coming by the end of the year. As this will be a precedent-setting case, its safe to assume other studios and copyright owners have interest in the outcome, and will want this to be decided by the Supreme Court. Do you do a new mask, like they often did before? Seems sketchy as hell, IMO. Presumably, the studio will push for a Supreme Court hearing, or will otherwise work to negotiate some sort of rights split. That said, if he is passionate about the precedent setting cases in which hes engaged, he might be motivated to take this one all the way to the finish line. Whats important to know is that this clause was written with the expressed intention of getting copyrights back to the original owners, as of right, so their success is to be expected. TV News. Meanwhile, weve learned via The Hollywood Reporter that a whole nother Friday the 13th legal battle is underway, with Sean Cunningham now going after WB and Paramount. As far as these projects go, they will be free and clear if they drop before December 2021, a potential challenge given the ongoing production delays as a result of COVID-19 lockdowns. He has also contributed to many other online publications over the past several years, including Dread Central, FanSided, Netflix Life, Undead Walking, and Redshirts Always Die. (Though anyone whos litigated in their life knows this is never a reliable factor, judges are truly difficult to read). Similar suits were launched for Harry Potter, Fahrenheit 9/11 and My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Theyre not going to throw any grenades, but I dont think anyone is going to call for peace talks.. Will Jason come back in the theaters? - YouTube #slashncast Friday the 13th LAWSUIT UPDATE | NO Supreme Court! The 1980s were a golden age for slasher movies, and one of the poster boys of this movement was Jason Voorhees, who took over the family business of killing teens at Camp Crystal Lake from his mother Pamela after she lost her head. Speaking of dreams, this means all your fan theories about Friday the 13th canon and whether that is, in fact, Jason in the water at the end of Part I actually matter now, LEGALLY. The court made a summary judgment that the facts were not in dispute, then applied the law, deciding in favor of Miller. In their decision, the court reaffirmed the trial decision and decided in favor of Miller, allowing the termination and granting him rights to the original script. Speculating without having read the claim, it appears Cunningham is alleging that Paramount and Warner Bros engaged in Hollywood accounting, which lead to him not getting the fullest payout for his licensing. In this mysterious adventure, a doctor (Dawson) and her 9-year-old son (Chase Dillon), looking to start a new life, move into a strangely affordable mansion in New Orleans, only to discover that the place is much more than they bargained for. Publisher Gun Media says it will release one final update for Friday the 13th . If its been a while, check out the trailer and synopsis for 2009s Friday the 13th below. 51,026 views Dec 30, 2021 1.8K Dislike Share Slash 'N. Its designed to give some of the heirs a bite of the apple to share in that extended term, Aaron Moss, an entertainment lawyer who writes the blog Copyright Lately, told CNN. Lindsay Traves is a Toronto-based writer. this does put us one step closer to seeing anew Jason Voorhees movie but there is a major problem stopping Jason to return as we know him. 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But the rotting cabins of an abandoned summer camp are not the only things he finds. It was here that Victor Miller either penned Friday the 13th and sold it to a studio or worked on the project as their employee. Herein lies the key issue in the case: was Miller an employee when he wrote the script, or an independent contractor who completed the work for hire? Therefore, he cannot ask for it back. But I cant tell you it will come back this year or next. He's a lawyer, and he has resolved the rights issues aroundFriday the 13th, and that things are working out, and now they'll be able to start makingFriday the 13thmovies again.". Due to their lengthy legal battle, audiences have speculated that the two parties would be unable to resolve their differences and create new Friday the 13th content. Check out the full quote below: That one is something that I would love to talk about. Winona Ryder, Dan Levy, andHasan Minhajwill also appear in the new movie. Posted: Nov 3, 2020 8:53 am. Still, he doesn't implicitly own derivative works or spinoff characters, so the adult version of Jason Voorhees who stalked teenagers for decades after the original would not be included in the ruling, but "Jason Voorhees" as a character does, provided he was reinvented sufficiently differently. Since the Halloween movies are making a comeback, and other slasher franchises like Scream and Hellraiser (more on that later) are making comebacks, theres an argument to be made that Jason is more valuable now than he will be in a few years, or even that his value has already started to diminish since the beginning of this litigation. 12:04 PM EDT, Fri May 13, 2022. THR reports, Friday the 13th producer Sean Cunningham has launched a new lawsuit over net profits from the horror franchise. - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc0_UBdlG6-1yzZXPtUxkzg/joinJoin our Discord! - https://discord.gg/slashncastTwitter - http://www.twitter.com/SlashNCastFollow us on Twitch! After submitting her Bachelors thesis, The Metaphysics of Schwarzenegger Movies, she decided to focus on writing about her passions; sci-fi, horror, sports, and comic books. 2/ pic.twitter.com/utOBFYKEcC. According to a complaint filed on Thursday in Los Angeles . Not really a competitive game. With all of that fantastic IP, I still cant help but feel a longing for our two best babes, Freddy and Jason. More recently, Guillermo del Toro was attached to adapt the ride for a brand new movie. Zerner took to Twitter to share that the battle is effectively over, and that the official rights holder to the franchise is allegedly Victor Miller (in the USA). Friday the 13th: The Game has left a lot of people wondering how the game was able to launch but downloadable add-ons were halted. Thanks to Sean Cunningham us horror fans now know we can except a new Jason Voorhees movie in 2023. its unclear if this is a Friday the 13th reboot or a Friday the 13th sequel to the scary movie franchise. You are only able to argue that the initial trial judge made an error of law, and present your position that, but for the error, the case would be decided differently. Makes no sense, Toberoff said. To consider it, you have to drill down whats in question here: the ownership of the original Friday the 13th script, not the sequels. Larry Zerner has stated on Twitter: The lawsuit ONLY concerns profits of the 2009 F13 Reboot. Until a final decision is made, no more movies will be produced. With this in mind, a potential new Miller-produced Friday the 13th movie would . This ones a doozy. According to entertainment lawyer and Friday the 13th Part 3 star Larry Zerner, original screenwriter Victor Miller stands victorious. We can license television series, exploring Crystal Lake and how Jason became who he is think Twin Peaks or Bates Motel, Toberoff said. January 4, 2022 It's been well over a decade since the last Friday the 13th film was released in 2009. @FearTheGun. Its also possible that studios and the WGA will file amicus briefs in order to pile on arguments should this be heard by a higher court. Well just have to wait to see whats next. At the moment, it sounds like the public won't know anything until closer to the end of 2022. This rule was added in 1976 by Congress with the intention to protect creators from unequal bargaining power. appreciated. He alleges that defendants withheld documents would reveal that the Picturess distribution was structured to inequitably advance the interest of Defendants and favored third parties.. When Congress lengthened the term for copyrights in 1976, it threw a bone to creators of big-name projects by giving them an avenue to wrestle control of intellectual property away from producers and studios. This was heard before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on February 13th, 2020 and the decision was released on September 30th, 2021. Subsequently, as 2021 comes to an apocalyptic close, we can at least be grateful for all of the incredible franchise projects we were gifted this past year. The Hollywood Reporter's Eriq Gardner broke the news today that Miller, who had won a previous suit in a District Court, had emerged victorious on his appeal at the Second Circuit. Copyright Law to reclaim the rights to his work after 35 years from original director Sean S. Cunningham, and he successfully won the case and subsequent appeals. JUST IN: Friday the 13th screenwriter wins copyright termination appeal against producer. Hollywood producer Roy Lee excitedly teases that news regarding the Friday the 13th franchise could be coming soon. Supernatural serial killer Jason Voorhees can never truly die, but it's been suggested Friday the 13th' s ongoing creator lawsuit might've killed the series. | Friday the 13th Lawsuit Update + New Release - YouTube 0:00 / 7:37 #slashncast This is Getting Ridiculous. Cunningham also alleges that the defendants withheld documents would reveal that the Pictures distribution was structured to inequitably advance the interest of Defendants and favored third parties.. Friday the 13th Legal Dispute Could Be Over, but Don't Expect New Movie Just Yet By Anthony Lund Published Dec 30, 2021 Legal rights and disputes are nothing new in Hollywood, but the. HBO is also developing a television series with David Gordon Green and Danny McBride (among others) who were key players in the very successful Halloween reboot. The Hollywood Reporter reports that Cunningham has filed a new lawsuit against Paramount and Warner Bros. over net profits, purporting that hes discovered through audits that there have been improper deductions of fees and bonuses, undervalued licenses, an underreporting of merchandising revenue and pay TV income, and more. Over the weekend, we got some clarification on Cunninghams new lawsuit from our favorite Friday-alumn-turned-lawyer Larry Zerner (the actor who played the loveable loser Shelley inFriday the 13th: Part III). The other risk comes to either party proceeding with Friday the 13th media using the elements they each own. On January 29, 2021, The Hollywood Reporter shared that Cunningham has launched a lawsuit against Paramount and Warner Bros over the net profits of the Friday the 13th series. Horror fans are historically fickle about reboots, and the involvement of a celebrity like James and his Springhill Entertainment is another source of criticism. By Russ Burlingame - September 30, 2021 12:49 pm EDT. But only creators hired as independent contractors were protected, not full-time employees of a company. Will 2022 finally be the years where Mom and Dad get officially launched back into their own productions? The quickest route to a new Jason movie is if Cunningham and Miller accept the courts decision and decide not to continue through the courts. It also now includes information on the 2021 Cunningham v Paramount lawsuit. Friday the 13th: The Game has seen no content for years, and now its official servers are shuttered with no new Jason Voorhees action coming. Along with writing for Screen Rant, Bart is an aspiring feature screenwriter, hosts the horror entertainment podcast Grave Discussions, and works full-time at a city and regional magazine publication. Let me know on Twitter via @joshkorngut. As Larry Zerner broke down in the above Twitter thread. The Lake Exclusive Clip: What Exactly Is In That Giant Egg? How does this apply to Clive Barker and the. Although details regarding that project were also vague, it seemed to be in production at Lees and Doug Davisons Vertigo Entertainment. The rights transfer is also exclusive to U.S. domestic rights, meaning that even assuming this arrangement holds, Miller will have to come to some kind of agreement with Cunningham and other stakeholders before new films can be produced and distributed worldwide. For those of us who prefer legal dramas to slasher flicks, this could be a riveting battle of oral arguments, briefs, precedents, amici, and maybe an en banc. The franchise is already on hold due to the Cunningham/Miller legal battle (which itself may be on hold right now due to the unfortunate passing of a judge involved in the case), and Cunninghams new fight with both WB and Paramount throws another wrench in the mix. These are usually only triggered in bad faith circumstances, so it would be a difficult one to argue, though it is more and more relevant as Halloween sequels cash in at the box office. I really hope this ends in 2022. None of the other films are part of the suit.. It's likely Cunningham will appeal, but for the time being, the rights are set to revert to Cunningham. In the original Friday the 13th, Jason's mother Pamela Voorhees was the killer, and her murders were driven by the trauma of seeing her son drown. Obviously this didnt happen due to the various rights issues but perhaps those were cleared up. While you wait, check out the trippy official poster for Haunted Mansion below! Return of the Jedi notoriously has made no profit. 203 provides that: Termination of the grant may be effected at any time during a period of five years beginning at the end of thirty-five years from the date of execution of the grant; or, if the grant covers the right of publication of the work, the period begins at the end of thirty-five years from the date of publication of the work under the grant or at the end of forty years from the date of execution of the grant, whichever term ends earlier. To put it this way, Friday the 13th is more fun, laid back, like a party game. Friday the 13th lawsuit has now ended marking Victor Miller the winner for the rights of the first Friday The 13th movie. A scene from the 2009 film "Friday the 13th. Famously, Peter Jackson and Wingnut Films sued New Line Cinema, along with actors and Tolkiens estate, for their gross percentage payouts. 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Sean Cunningham and Horror Inc.s appeal was based on their position that the trial judge erred in not considering WGA membership the Writers Guild of America, the union screenwriters can belong to when considering the Reid Factors, the factors that decide if Miller was an employee or contractor in the case linked above. With the courts decision, Miller has won the rights to Part I only, and Jason remains a confusing entity. The former would mean he never owned the copyright and has no claim to it now; the latter would mean that he initially owned, then sold, the copyright, allowing him to trigger the reversion clause. At least, thats what film producer Roy Lee has now teased when asked about the Friday the 13th franchise. For us horror fans anxiously awaiting a new Jason movie, this isnt great news. "I think if we do any reboots, the reboot should be the Tommy vs. Jason reboot," Feldman said over the summer. Miller took advantage of a provision of U.S. James had previously called the series one of my favorites and posted an Instagram photo of himself dressed in Jasons chosen head gear, a hockey mask. None of the other films are part of the suit." Friday the 13th producer Sean Cunningham has filed another lawsuit related to the series, this time against Warner Bros. and . In 53 years, itll be in the public domain, then anyone can make the movie, he said with a laugh. Desperate for help, they contact a priest (Wilson), who, in turn, enlists the aid of a widowed scientist-turned failed-paranormal expert (Stanfield), a French Quarter psychic (Haddish) and a crotchety historian (DeVito).. Dont hold your breath. A scene from "Friday The 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan.". Gotham Knights Horror Icon Doug Bradley Playing Iconic DC Villain in The CW Series! Want to learn more about Certified Forgotten? Miller is seeking to terminate the copyright transfer of the original film's screenplay, which Cunningham had claimed was written as a work made for hire, and not eligible for a termination notice. Until then, filmmakers are in the clear with the rights they currently own. Thisshould have happened last year, but with the pandemic bringing about delays, it remains unclear when that case will be resolved. Now we can license a remake, prequel or even sequel motion pictures provided such films do not use any additional copyrightable elements said Marc Toberoff, a Malibu copyright attorney who represents Miller. This suit is completely separate from the one between Cunningham and Miller, though elements of them could end up related. This is all speculative, but Cunningham knows his legal rights to the franchises future are in limbo. Cunningham says those rights still rest with him and the original investors. 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