The narrative picks up five years after the first film. Freddy Krueger is trapped inside the mind of Jason Voorhees, powerless but discovering a way back to the physical world.
If the first movie was a hit, why hasn't a sequel happened? The answer is a messy web of Hollywood logistics: freddy vs. jason 2
The Friday the 13th franchise was locked in a decade-long legal battle between original writer Victor Miller and director Sean S. Cunningham. This froze any development regarding Jason Voorhees for years. The narrative picks up five years after the first film
According to Reddick, the discussions were serious. "We were trying to figure out a way to get Ash involved because Ash is the guy who doesn't want to be the hero," Reddick stated in interviews. The narrative would have seen Freddy and Jason battling it out, with Ash arriving in Crystal Lake ( or Springwood) to clean up the mess, perhaps lured by the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis (the Book of the Dead), which had ties to Jason's resurrection in previous lore. The answer is a messy web of Hollywood