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Which two studios spent over a decade disagreeing over which horror icon should win in 'Freddy vs. Jason', delaying the film's release?
Answer
New Line Cinema and Paramount
New Line Cinema, which owned the rights to Freddy Krueger, and Paramount, which held the rights to Jason Voorhees at the time, could not agree on which villain would triumph, stalling the crossover for years.
💡 Did you know?
The Freddy vs. Jason script spent over a decade in development hell because New Line Cinema and Paramount couldn't agree on which killer should win.
Other options people guess
- Universal and Warner Bros.
- Sony and MGM
- 20th Century Fox and Miramax
Topics
- horror
- crossover
- development-hell
- 1990s
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