Well, it looks like Paramount and NLC are having rights issues to the original since Paramount owns the original and NLC owns the last cppl sequels. It's apparently sorted out now but wont be due out until 2008 . Heres some info I got.


"Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes shingle is coming aboard to produce the 11th outing in the sturdy "Friday the 13th" franchise for New Line.

"The FRIDAY THE 13th remake/sequel/whatever project—which has seen its share of legal ups and downs ever since being announced earlier this year—ain’t so dead after all, it seems. When last we heard, things were at a standstill as production outfit Platinum Dunes decided to slow down on its approach to a possible early-2007 release via New Line (remember, it was initially supposed to hit Friday, October 13 of this year), and survey the specifics of who owned the rights.

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Michael Bay's production company Platinum Dunes (Texas Chainsaw Massacre) is developing a Friday the 13th film for New Line Cinema. According to Variety.com, Jonathan Liebesman (Darkness Falls, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning) is in final negotiations to direct. Mark Wheaton was briefly on the project as screenwriter, but is no longer involved. Per producer Brad Fuller, the new film will not be a direct sequel to Freddy vs. Jason or Jason X, but instead seems to be a remake/reimagining of the first 3-4 films of the series. New Line owns the Friday the 13th title, but no subtitle (if any) has been announced for this new film. The project was on hold while rights issues were dealt with. Now it appears that those issues have been worked out, with the Platinum Dunes producers saying that the film will be a Paramount/New Line co-production and might be ready for release near the end of 2008.

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