[Dolemite]

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Originally Posted by Joe Moore

It's a lot more messy than that. Victor Miller wants complete ownership of the 1st film, which, if granted, causes a ripple effect of what he actually owns. Meaning that Jason Voorhees would essentially be split between two entities. Doomsday scenario is that Paramount can use the character concepts after the first film, but loses the Jason name, the movie title, and the backstory. A deal will be struck eventually, but they gotta throw cash around, which they haven't been willing to do.

So if Cunningham loses, Paramount will have to license those rights from Miller. If Cunningham wins, Miller loses his rights to the film.

Yeah, I've been following the ins-and-outs of this case as well, but this all could have been avoided if Cunningham had just been willing to toss a few bucks at Miller and settle this thing before it got out of hand. I'm pretty sure Miller isn't really interested in controlling the F13 brand at his age.

Regardless of when the suit is settled, however, the game will never be resurrected. The damage there is done.