Court cases are another matter.
Looks like Disney has a fight on their hands over the rights of the
Predator franchise. Currently the rights to the franchise will be held up in court, much like the
Friday The 13th rights, with a long legal battle ahead.
The original 1987 movie writers, Jim and John Thomas, are suing to reclaim
Predator from Disney, who owns the franchise after purchasing Fox. according to
The Hollywood Reporter.
For those keeping score, this case is very similar to Victor Miller suing Sean Cunningham over the rights to the
Friday The 13th franchise. Miller won…or maybe not as the case is stuck in the appeals stage in the California legal system.
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The Thomas brothers who wrote the 1987 sci-fi action film Predator filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against Disney over their rights to the franchise.
Jim and John Thomas filed their lawsuit in California to confirm their ability to apply the termination provision provided in United States copyright law, according to an article by The Hollywood Reporter.
Predator starred Arnold Schwarzenegger, 73, as Major Alan Dutch Schafer, the leader of an elite paramilitary rescue team who encounters a deadly alien while on a mission in Central America.
Sci-fi classic: The Thomas brothers who wrote the 1987 sci-fi action film Predator starring Arnold Schwarzenegger filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against Disney over their rights to the franchise
PREDATOR Screenwriters Taking On Disney In Bid To Recapture The Rights To The Iconic Sci-Fi Franchise
There may be trouble ahead for Disney s upcoming
Predator reboot because the original movie s screenwriters are now looking to regain the rights to the long-running franchise. Find more details here.
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4/16/2021
The Hollywood Reporter reveals that Jim and John Thomas, the brothers who wrote
Predator in 1987, have filed a lawsuit against Disney in the hopes of regaining the rights to the sci-fi franchise. As you might expect, the Disney-owned 20th Century Studios has filed its own suit to retain those rights.
The trade explains that the Thomas brothers
Jim and John Thomas, the screenwriting duo who wrote the 1987 action movie
Predator, want the rights to the franchise to get back to the choppa. The Thomas brothers are suing
Disney to recapture the rights to the franchise, while Disney’s
20th Century Studios has filed its own suit to retain the rights to the sci-fi action series.
A wrench might have just been thrown in the plans for 20th Century Studios’ new
Predator movie from Dan Trachtenberg. Jim and John Thomas, seeking to exploit the copyright law which allows authors to cancel transfers after a specific period of time (namely 35 years which is roughly the time since