What does this mean for the future of the Friday the 13th franchise and Jason Voorhees? It’s a bit complicated, but the two sides working on or having reached a resolution would be the best-case scenario for horror fans. What does this mean? Well, it means the case is officially over and Victor Miller owns the rights to his screenplay in F13 (but only in the US). It’s 4 pm and I still don’t see a cert petition filed with the Supreme Court in the Friday the 13th case.

As of this writing, Victor Miller is allegedly (still) the official rights holder to the original Friday the 13th screenplay (in the US only). has failed to file a cert petition by the 4 pm deadline. against original screenwriter Victor Miller.Īccording to Zerner, the case is officially over as Cunningham/Horror Inc. It’s been a long road but it appears we’re heading toward some sort of closure in regards to the Friday the 13th rights battle.įriday the 13th Part 3 star and entertainment lawyer Larry Zerner has been keeping fans updated on the progress of the messy legal battle over the franchise’s rights that’s pitted Sean Cunningham/Horror Inc. The character was memorably played by Dwight Frye (below) in the 1931 Dracula. Plot details are currently unknown, though it’s believed to take place during the present day and is not a period piece.” Renfield was an inmate at a lunatic asylum who was thought to be suffering from delusions, but is actually a servant of Dracula. Ryan Ridley (“Rick and Morty”) wrote the script for Renfield.ĭeadline explained the project, which is being produced by Robert Kirkman, “In the original “Dracula” novel, R.M. Awkwafina will also star!ĭeadline notes, “No word yet on what Awkwafina’s role would be.” We learned the very exciting news just yesterday that Nicolas Cage is playing Dracula in the movie, said to be a “modern-day adventure story that is comedic in tone,” and Deadline provides another update on the project today. Chris McKay ( The Tomorrow War) is set to direct the movie, with Nicholas Hoult ( Warm Bodies, Mad Max: Fury Road) on board to star as Renfield. Originally announced a couple years back, Universal Pictures has been developing a solo movie for Dracula’s henchman Renfield, based on an original pitch from “The Walking Dead” creator Robert Kirkman.

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