Friday the 13th Franchise...

• The film was first released in 1980, with many sequels that followed on from their, ending in the remake of the first one in 2009
• The film focused and revolved around the character Jason,who only makes an appearance at the end of the film
• The franchise of Friday the 13th was sold to new line cinema, who then came out with the concept of Freddy vs Jason
• The directors and producers of the original Friday the 13th had nothing to do and took no part in the rest of the sequels
• The film was made into a novel and also comic books