Sean S. Cunningham

Decision on Friday the 13th court case expected in May or June

Posted 7 years ago

Lawyers representing FRIDAY THE 13TH director/producer Sean S. Cunningham and screenwriter Victor Miller met in court yesterday to argue their case in the continuing battle over the U.S. copyright to the original F13. The audio from this entire court session...

Friday the 13th gets a steelbook release for its 40th anniversary

Posted 7 years ago

While producer/director Sean S. Cunningham and screenwriter Victor Miller continue to battle each other in court over the U.S. copyright to the original FRIDAY THE 13TH, distributor Paramount Pictures is going ahead and celebrating the film's 40th anniversary with a...

Sean Cunningham’s The New Kids gets Blu-ray release with VHS art

Posted 7 years ago

Sean S. Cunningham will always be known for directing the 1980 FRIDAY THE 13TH, but he has also directed a couple other cool movies that have gotten overlooked and/or overshadowed. One of those is 1985's THE NEW KIDS, which has...

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

Posted 7 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...

Friday the 13th franchise could be heading back to court

Posted 7 years ago

Things were looking so promising, we thought we were starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel for the FRIDAY THE 13TH franchise's legal issues. The screenwriter of the original film, Victor Miller, had been awarded the...

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

Posted 8 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 8 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...

Victor Miller knows nothing about LeBron James producing Friday the 13th

Posted 8 years ago

The FRIDAY THE 13TH franchise is currently at a standstill as the original film's producer/director Sean S. Cunningham and the film's screenwriter Victor Miller have taken each other to court to figure out who should hold the rights to the...

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

Posted 8 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...

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