Puck: heirs of 1983 “Top Guns" story writer sues to reclaim rights to franchise Jun 06, 08:11
An injunction could pull the movie out of theaters {nm} Jun 06, 08:36
Has there ever been a movie pulled in such a case? {nm} Jun 06, 08:41
Copyright expiration termination claims are fairly new. The highest profile win was Friday the 13th rights I think {nm} Jun 06, 08:44
Usually these are to force a settlement vs actually pull films out of theatres ala Bam Majera re Jackass Forever Jun 06, 08:46
if it's rights to the "story", isn't it a completely different story in Maverick? {nm} Jun 06, 09:37
derivatives are all part of the same IP {nm} Jun 06, 10:46
Plus, why didn't they sue while they were MAKING the movie? Answer: They didn't know it would make so much $$ {nm} Jun 06, 15:54