The lawsuit over the rights to ‘Predator’ has been settled.
According to the U.S. Copyright Act, authors can reclaim their ownership rights after a certain number of years — typically 35 years for newer works. However, if a script is “made for hire.” the studio is considered to be the legal author. Just hours after the brothers filed their lawsuit, Disney responded with one of their own, claiming that the “copyright termination notice sought to prematurely cut off its rights.
” This was especially timely, considering 20th Century Studios is working on a reboot of the “This action is necessary because defendants are improperly attempting to prematurely terminate 20th Century’s rights to the screenplay, at the very time that 20th Century is investing substantial time, money, and effort in developing another installment in its successful Now that the parties have settled out of court, Disney can move forward with its prequel-slash-reboot — titledGet our free mobile...
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