It’s Friday the 13th … so what better day to find out a new film in the popular slasher franchise may be on the way?!

Here’s the deal … there hasn’t been a ‘Jason’ film in several years … and we’re told it’s all been a matter of rights issues — both between the two creators and two major studios. But it seems those issues will likely be resolved … and a new film project is being crafted.

Franchise co-creator Sean Cunningham tells TMZ … a film treatment for an “old school” Jason flick is done … and he’s hopeful that, with the mega-merger of Warner Bros. and Paramount, the project will gain serious traction because he says both studios have rights –and that’s been a major hurdle.

As for the new project … Cunningham says the script needs a “young writer” because the heart of the series has always been “the fear of untimely death” — and SC says he’s too old to be worried about that these days. He also mentioned he’s just a “cheerleader” for the project … but anticipates being an executive producer — if it happens.