'Predator' Screenwriters Suing Disney to Recapture Rights

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Jim and John Thomas, the brothers who wrote the 1987 action film, are seeking to exploit copyright law's termination provision, which allows authors to cancel transfers after waiting a period of time, typically 35 years for newer works

Alien vs. Predatordirector Dan Trachtenberg at the helm.

Such plans by Disney may face an obstacle in the form of termination. According to the complaint, the effective termination date for their screenplay is April 17, this Saturday. Jim and John Thomas say they served a termination notice all the way back in 2016 — and for four and a half years heard no objection.

As stated in their complaint,"Then, in early January 2021, Defendants’ counsel unexpectedly contacted Plaintiffs’ counsel, contesting the Termination Notice as supposedly untimely, based on a theory that the 1986 Grant of the Screenplay underlying theirfilms allegedly qualified for the special, delayed termination time 'window' in 17 U.S.C. § 203, intended for 'book publication' grants.

In response, the Thomas brothers say they served alternative notices of termination with later effective termination dates. That hasn't satisfied Disney so the Thomas brothers are now seeking declaratory relief. They are represented by Marc Toberoff, who has been somewhat of a specialist in copyright termination and notably represented the

 

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Have AI write it, can’t be any worse than any other modern script.

Mr predator should pay them a visit and get a new contract

can they recapture the magic of the 1987 one?

Movie pitch: Predator is sent to Naboo to hunt Gungans, but they meet their match in Jar Jar Binks. “You-suh get to da Choppa!”

I'm pretty sure the reboot was meant to start filming this week or something. Ballsy of Disney to make a new movie the week the rights expire.

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The Predator reboot film was stunningly ordinary. I would be quite happy if new ideas triumphed over the flogging to death of knackered franchises such as Terminator and Alien.

Please NO. Schwarzenegger please step in and put a stop to it. There is only one Dutch.

Hollywood seems to be too lazy to create something new.

donwinslow They’ll be back.

donwinslow Hhmmm....

donwinslow Governors vs. invisible monster- an allegory for our time?

Disney needs to be broken up. It is absolutely obscene how many companies and IPs they own.

donwinslow Is this for better or for worse? Overall it seems fair.

donwinslow Disney's dug in there like an Alabama tick.

donwinslow Hopefully they will win, or at least deserved shares in it and spin-offs, Disney can afford it and if the studio continues to benefit so should the original creatives.

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