Icala elibhekene namalungelo e-franchise to NgoLwesihlanu 13th ungene esigabeni esisha ngoLwesihlanu olwedlule, lapho USean S. Cunningham wehliswa ngokusemthethweni ngaphansi kwesifungo. UCunningham, umqondisi nomkhiqizi wefilimu yango-1980 NgoLwesihlanu 13th, waphonswa imibuzo nguMarc Toberoff, ummeli wombhali UVictor Miller. UMiller, NgoLwesihlanu 13thUmbhali wesikrini ofakwe yedwa, naye ususiwe.

NgoJuni 2016, uMiller wathumela isaziso sokuyekiswa kubakhiqizi, esaziwa njengeHorror Inc. kanye neManny Company, ngenhloso yokubuyisa amalungelo ku NgoLwesihlanu 13th impahla. Yize kunezinto ezimbalwa ezihlobene nomthetho we-copyright odlalwa ekufakweni kukaMiller, umbuzo obalulekile kulesi sikhathi kule nqubo ukuthi ngabe uMiller “wayengumsebenzi” noma “usonkontileka ozimele” ngenkathi kwenziwa ifilimu yango-1980 yabe seyenziwa 1979.

Lokhu kubonakale ekubuzeni uCunningham akuthola ngalesi sikhathi, okwenzeka ngaphakathi ehhovisi lezomthetho. Ngesikhathi ethula ubufakazi bokufakwa esikhundleni, uCunningham uphinde washo ukuthi isivumelwano sakhe noMiller, esasayinwa ngoJuni 4, 1979, kwakuyinhlangano "yokuqasha". UCunningham uphinde wethula ubufakazi bokuthi uMiller wayengakaqedi ukulingiswa noma ukwelashwa ngalesi sikhathi, cishe izinyanga ezintathu ngaphambi koLwesihlanu umhla ziyi-13 waqala ukuqopha.

UCunningham uphinde wafakaza ukuthi akakholelwa ukuthi uMiller ubenengxenye yokwakhiwa komlingiswa ovelele uJason Voorhees, ngale kwegama uqobo. Encwadini yami, Endaweni eBlairstown: Ukwenziwa kwangoLwesihlanu umhla ziyi-13, UMiller wathi "uJason" kwakuyinhlanganisela yamagama amadodana akhe, u-Ian noJosh. UMiller uthe isibongo seVoorhees siphefumulelwe nguVan Voorhees, intombazane ayeyazi esikoleni esiphakeme.

Mayelana NgoLwesihlanu 13thI-screenplay, uCunningham wethule ubufakazi bokuthi isivumelwano sakhe sikaJuni 4, 1979, noMiller sasikhuluma ngokubhalwa kwendlela yokwelashwa kwase kuba umdlalo wesikrini. UCunningham wethule ubufakazi bokuthi wakhokhela uMiller “ngemali yakhe” ngokukhonjiswa komdlalo kanye nokwelashwa. UCunningham wethule ubufakazi bokuthi ngoJulayi 4, 1979, ngenkathi uCunningham ebeka leli dumela elibi manje NgoLwesihlanu 13th isikhangiso ephepheni lokuhweba Okunhlobonhlobo, konke ayekubonile kuMiller kwakuyindlela yokwelashwa, hhayi i-screenplay. Igama likaMiller aliveli esikhangisweni esihlukahlukene.

UCunningham uhlale egcina ukuthi Okunhlobonhlobo Isikhangiso bekuyiqhinga lokuqongelela imali yephrojekthi, kanti uCunningham kudala wathi akukho-screenplay esiphelile esikhona ngalesi sikhathi, cishe izinyanga ezimbili ngaphambi kwalokho NgoLwesihlanu 13th waqala ukuqopha.

Ukuqinisa impikiswano yakhe, uCunningham wakhomba ukuthi okusalungiswa kokuqala kwesikrini sikaMiller kwakubizwa ngokuthi Ubusuku obude enkanjini yegazi, hhayi NgoLwesihlanu 13th. UMiller ukuphikisile ukuthi NgoLwesihlanu 13th iskripthi sokudubula, esabhalwa ngo-Agasti 21, 1979, sabizwa ngesihloko ULwesihlanu 13, hhayi NgoLwesihlanu 13th.

Mayelana nokwenziwa kukaJason, uCunningham waphikisa ngokuthi uMiller akanalungelo lokudunyiswa njengomsunguli womlingiswa kaJason Voorhees, ngoba uJason “wayefile” kuyo yonke imidwebo ye-screenplay kaMiller.

Manje uMiller uzama ukufakazela ukuthi uCunningham wazikhohlisa ngesikhathi ethula ubufakazi. Ummeli kaMiller, uMarc Toberoff, okwamanje ufuna owayengunobhala weCunningham's ongase aqinisekise ukubikwa kukaMiller ngemicimbi. Incwadi yami, Endaweni eseBlairstown: Ukwenziwa kwangoLwesihlanu umhla ziyi-13, futhi wacashunwa kaningi nguToberoff ngesikhathi ebeka esikhundleni.

UToberoff ubuye afune uhlaka oluthile lokuqopha ifilimu ye- NgoLwesihlanu 13th i-screenplay, anethemba lokuthi sizofakazela ubukhulu begalelo likaMiller, ikakhulukazi njengoba lihlobene nomlingiswa kaJason, ongaphansi kwelungelo lobunikazi. UCunningham noMiller yibona kuphela ofakazi asebesusiwe kuze kube manje.

Enye inselelo uMiller abhekene nayo ukuthi kumele aphumelele ekutholeni amalungelo kuwo womabili amalungelo aseNyakatho Melika nawakwamanye amazwe, ngoba le ndawo ayizukubaluleka kangako kuma studio wamafilimu ngaphandle kwazo zombili. “UVictor akafuni ukulawula konke NgoLwesihlanu 13th ilungelo lokuhweba, hhayi lokho, ”kusho umthombo osondelene noMiller. "Uma icala liphumelela, kungasho ukuthi uVictor, njengombhali, njengomdali, uzokwazi ukuxoxisana ngesivumelwano esisha, imigomo emisha, nokuzuza amandla njengombhali kule franchise ekhona."

NgoJuni 9, uMiller uhlose ukwenza isiphakamiso sokuthi kufinyelelwe enkantolo. Uma lokhu kwehluleka, inkantolo kungenzeka inikeze usuku lokuqala kwecala.