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UnderU.S. copyright law, you cannot copyright a title so it depends a lot on how the Deep Water wording will be used otherwise such as
for promos, product tie-ins, etc. or will there be an attempt to register a trademark or service mark usage? Very unlikely, but how much money, time, and effort do you think that would be worth? Then you get into the matter of how would the public react? Would it be perceived as an infringement on the original - even if legally it wasn't?
Variety: Renny Harlin returning to shark movies after his Magnum Opus Deep Blue Sea, directing Deep Water for Gene Simmons? May 15, 12:06
Unsure if that title will stick considering Ben Affleck's Straight To Streaming Magnum Opus Deep Water. {nm} May 15, 12:07
How much time should pass before it’s okay for a movie to use a title that’s already been used before? {nm} May 15, 12:38
I know it’s too soon after Deep Water, though. {nm} May 15, 12:40
Fair deal. Not that it'll get made, but my script shares a title with a hit heist thriller from 24 years ago. ;) {nm} May 15, 12:58
Can think only of Entrapment & Payback {nm} May 15, 13:39
One of those is correct. ;) {nm} May 15, 13:56
Unless it's a remake, a big hit is more likely 30 to Never. {nm} May 15, 13:34
So a new adaptation of the non-Marvel Avengers would need a new title. ;) {nm} May 15, 14:04
Not in the UK. Marvel's AVNGR had to be retitled Avengers Assembked in the UK. {nm} May 15, 14:30
Ah, right. Lol {nm} May 15, 14:32
UnderU.S. copyright law, you cannot copyright a title so it depends a lot on how the Deep Water wording will be used otherwise such as May 15, 15:43
The classic example of this potential P.R. nightmare is how would the public react if you publish an entirely new book and May 15, 15:55
This was a generic reference to some readder/author's next output- not an aspersion on Forum poster's creative work. {nm} May 16, 03:35
Joe Bob's Paycheck Entrapment-o-rama it is! {nm} May 15, 16:50
Don’t you mean *Payback* Entrapment-o-rama? ;) {nm} May 15, 17:19
It doesn't have distro yet, they can call it DEEP WATER {nm} May 17, 13:41
It doesn't have distro yet, they can call it DEEP WATER {nm} May 17, 13:41