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yellabonej24 
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Posted on: Apr. 20 2011,21:23 |
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As if the franchise wasn't already tainted with the untimely death of an actor and the lingering stench of Edward Furlong's post-American History X career desperation, it now appears that Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's remake of The Crow might not be soaring onto screens anytime soon.
The Weinstein Company is bringing Relativity Media to court over a distribution dispute, claiming that they have "a written contract signed by everybody" that gives the Weinsteins worldwide rights to the film (they distributed the original through Miramax in 1994). Their side of the story is that Relativity head honcho Ryan Kavanaugh is shopping around rights to other parties, though Kavanaugh has yet to respond as of this writing.
I'd like to think that the two companies can work it out, though we're talking about two mega-producers with inflated egos that are no strangers to lawsuits. With a director and potential star in place, this is the perfect time for the Weinsteins to step in and raise hell; they just want a piece of the pie. Relativity has had way too much momentum as of late to let this project go by the wayside. Of course, stranger things have happened.
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Relativity has responded to the Weinsteins and their rep, Bert Fields, claiming that this is "yet another typical litigation stunt from the Weinsteins who have a long history of threatening law suits with the sole purpose of intimidation." Kavanaugh and Co. plan on seeking a dismissal if served, dismissing the claim as a "feeble attempt to create a press stir and a malicious effort to interfere with Relativity's development of the project."
The rebuttal at least addresses the real issue at hand. The Weinsteins technically can't stop Relativity from making the film, but if they cause enough of a stink with this distribution mess, people might back out because they don't want to be associated with it.
We'll see how long this gets dragged out for.
what r ur thoughts
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SilverUnicorn
Goddess of Unicorns!
Posts: 3779
Joined: Dec. 2006
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Posted on: Jan. 24 2012,06:11 |
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Here's the latest update...
( http://www.hitfix.com/article....lawsuit )
" 'The Crow' reboot won't have its day in court
The Weinsteins and Relativity make nicey-nice in joint statement released today
By Chris Eggertsen Monday, Jan 23, 2012 10:52 PM
"The lawsuit between Relativity Media and The Weinstein Company concerning THE CROW has been amicably settled out of court, and the parties will continue to work on the film together as planned. In addition, Relativity Media has dismissed all of its claims against The Weinstein Company for any wrongdoing regarding the release and distribution of NINE, and The Weinstein Company has dismissed all of its claims against Relativity Media."
So reads the joint statement released earlier today by the two distributors, who last year became embroiled in a legal battle over a planned reboot of "The Crow", the 1994 film based on the comic book series of the same name by James O'Barr.
The ordeal began back in April when the Weinsteins sued Relativity for breach of contract, claiming they held exclusive worldwide rights to distribute the film and seeking "injunctive relief" (i.e. a court order to ban Relativity from releasing it under their label). Relativity countered that because the Weinsteins had mismanaged the release of the Relativity-produced-and-co-financed 2009 flop musical "Nine", they'd essentially forfeited their right to distribute "The Crow" (no idea how they were planning to legally justify that, but okay).
The project was first announced back in December of 2008, when "Blade" director Stephen Norrington announced he would be writing and helming a reboot of the original film for Relativity Media, which was in the process of acquiring the rights from original producer Edward R. Pressman (the Weinsteins released the '94 film during their stint at Miramax).
The project later switched hands from Norrington to "28 Weeks Later" director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, and subsequently it was announced that Bradley Cooper was in negotiations to star and "Watchmen" co-writer Alex Tse would be writing the script (Nick Cave had been hired to pen a previous incarnation), though ultimately Fresnadillo and Cooper exited the project. At that point it seemed the battle between the Weinsteins and Relativity might hold up the film's development for a good long while, though now it appears the all-clear has been sounded and work can begin again - albeit without Fresnadillo (who seemed like a good fit) and Cooper (not so much).
The original film became notorious after its star Brandon Lee was killed in a freak on-set accident eight days prior to production wrap. Despite the tragedy, the film ultimately went on to critical and commercial success (it grossed over $50 million domestically) and it has continued to attract a cult following since its release."
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