'Predator' Screenwriters Sue Disney to Reclaim Rights to the Franchise
‘Predator’ Screenwriters Sue Disney to Reclaim Rights to the Franchise Writers are seeking to exploit copyright law’s termination provisionUmberto Gonzalez | April 15, 2021 @ 5:19 PM 20th Century Fox “Predator” screenwriters Jim and John Thomas, who wrote the original 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi classic, have filed a lawsuit in California federal court against Disney in an effort to recapture the rights to the franchise. The Thomas brothers are specifically trying to use copyright law’s termination provision, which allows authors to cancel transfers after waiting a peri...