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The ‘Friday the 13th’ Rights Battle Heats Up
It’s all about perspective and a judge is free to wield a machete as he wishes in accordance with the law, explains THR.
With that, the rights to Friday the 13th and Jason Voorhees are in the midst a legal battle, which could end ugly for fans of the character and franchise.
The article at THR breaks down the filings and what each side is alleging, which is based around the idea of “work for hire” and where the concept for the film and character were created. Victor Miller, the original film’s scriptwriter, claims he wasn’t employed when he wrote the movie and thus is looking to terminate a grant of rights and reclaim ownership. In the 1970s, the U.S. Congress amended copyright law to allow this and Miller is looking to do exactly that.
While the full implications aren’t explained, the website theorizes this Friday the 13th horror story: The franchise is ripped apart. In the United States, new films in the canon are made but without the “Jason” character. Outside the country, other Friday the 13th sequels come — these with “Jason” — but are banned domestically.
If that sounds odd, it’s all possible thanks to the 1976 Copyright Act and what happens soon in a Connecticut federal court. Click the aforementioned links for all the legal mumbo-jumbo.
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‘The Whisper Man’ Official Poster – Netflix Serial Killer Thriller Stars Robert De Niro & Adam Scott
If you leave a door half open, soon you’ll hear the whispers spoken. That’s the official tagline for The Whisper Man, a new serial killer thriller coming to Netflix next month.
Adam Scott, Michelle Monaghan, and Robert De Niro star in The Whisper Man. Based on Alex North‘s 2019 novel of the same name, the film will stream on August 28.
Check out the official poster below and expect the trailer soon.
In the film, “When his eight-year-old son is abducted, a widowed crime writer looks to his estranged father, a retired former police detective, for help, only to discover a connection with the decades-old case of a convicted serial killer known as The Whisper Man.”
The stacked cast also includes Michael Keaton, John Carroll Lynch, Hamish Linklater, Owen Teague, Will Brill, and Acston Luca Porto.
James Ashcroft (The Rule of Jenny Pen) directs Netflix’s upcoming movie The Whisper Man from a script by Ben Jacoby (The First Omen) and Chase Palmer (IT).
Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Angela Russo-Otstot, Michael Disco, and Kassee Whiting produce the thriller for AGBO (Everything Everywhere All at Once, Extraction).
The Whisper Man is Rated R for “some bloody violence, disturbing images, suicide, language, and brief sexual references.”
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