Victor Miller Opens Up About Ongoing FRIDAY THE 13TH Rights Lawsuit
For a great, condensed overview of the current legal quagmire surrounding the Friday the 13th franchise, check out yesterday’s article when we explored the situation and its current status (link below). In a nutshell, original Friday scribe Victor Miller sued original director Sean Cunningham for a fair share, something he was at liberty to do after waiting 35 years. He won the suit, but whether or not Cunningham will file an appeal remains to be seen.
Related Article: Video Updates Status of FRIDAY THE 13TH Lawsuit: Current Appeal Withdrawn
While its common for those involved in active (or potentially active) lawsuits to keep all pertinent details confidential, Miller was surprisingly candid in a recent interview IAnthonyD. You can check it out in its entirety embedded at the top of the article; we’ve also pulled some juicy excerpts that you can read below.
“Everybody’s trying to settle all the little things and dot the i’s, get the semicolons where they belong, and all that kind of stuff. Who gets what? Who has to give what to whom? So, to me, it’s a nightmare. If you’ve got two sides across the table [it’s like] poker. And you don’t get to say, ‘Well I’ll take half the money and you take half the money.’ That’s not how it works. I can’t be more specific than that.
“It has to be done by people who do this for a living. I don’t know how that plays. Eventually, I will have to approve something. I’m just sitting here saying, ‘Hey look. I got the copyright for the first one. Let’s talk.’ And these people have been dining out for thirty years. They don’t want to part with a cent. I would love to be more involved [in more Friday the 13th movies]. So, who knows? Maybe I will, maybe I won’t. I can’t think of anybody better. I am not dragging my feet.”
I think he speaks for all of us when it comes to a desire to put this lawsuit in the rearview mirror so we can get back to Camp Crystal Lake and catch up with Mrs. Voorhees’ baby boy. What do you guys think? Let us know in the comments below or on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram!
