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Jason Universe: Larry Zerner shares assessment of what’s going on with the Friday the 13th franchise

Posted 11 months ago

Entertainment lawyer (and Friday the 13th Part III cast member) Larry Zerner on Friday the 13th, Crystal Lake, and Jason Universe

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Friday the 13th lawsuit update: Sean S. Cunningham says odds of a new movie being made are 50-50

Posted 3 years ago

The Friday the 13th franchise has been bogged down by a lawsuit between the original film’s director/producer Sean S. Cunningham and screenwriter Victor Miller for several years now… and even though the lawsuit officially came to an end several months...

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Friday the 13th lawsuit is officially over, but no sign of resolution

Posted 3 years ago

Back in September, we heard that the lawsuit over the copyright to the original Friday the 13th (watch it HERE) had been decided – for the second time – in favor of the film’s screenwriter, Victor Miller. This means that Miller...

Friday the 13th legal battle (probably) ends in June 2020!

Posted 5 years ago

For those of you out there that might not know, actor Larry Zerner has become a lawyer in the years since starring as Sheldon P. Finkelstein (aka the fat kid who gave Jason his hockey mask) in director Steve Miner's FRIDAY THE...

Larry Zerner on Friday the 13th legal issue, which could last 2 more years

Posted 6 years ago

We all thought original FRIDAY THE 13TH screenwriter Victor Miller and producer/director Sean S. Cunningham were getting close to a settlement in their court battle over the copyright to the 1980 film, but apparently that's not the case. Although a...

The Friday the 13th lawsuit may be settled within a month

Posted 6 years ago

The court battle over the rights to the original FRIDAY THE 13TH has been a long one, and it hasn't been without its casualties – the developers of the recent Friday the 13th: The Game had to stop adding new content...

Friday the 13th: The Game is coming to Nintendo Switch

Posted 6 years ago

Even though the FRIDAY THE 13TH movies are my favorite horror franchise, I hadn't purchased Gun Media's Friday the 13th: The Game until it went on sale for a low price at the end of October – by which time...

Larry Zerner walks fans through the Friday the 13th legal issues

Posted 6 years ago

For those of us who aren't fluent in legalese, trying to keep track of what's going on behind the scenes of the FRIDAY THE 13TH franchise has been quite an endeavor. Original FRIDAY THE 13TH screenwriter Victor Miller filed to...

‘Expendables of horror’ film Death House is finally being released

Posted 7 years ago

Writer/director B. Harrison Smith's film DEATH HOUSE has had a bumpy ride on the way to distribution, having been delayed multiple times. At one point it was supposed to get a 100 screen theatrical release, and at another time we...

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