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It miniseries producers sue over the It movie franchise

posted 5 years ago by TMC-4 (20123)
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https://theblast.com/c/it-movie-producers-lawsuit

Frank Konigsberg and Larry Sanitsky allege that as executive producers of the 1990 ABC It miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's book, they are "entitled to first negotiation/first refusal rights on any sequel, series, remake or spinoff of It and were entitled to a minimum share of 10% of net profits on any such subsequent production."

[–] Shibez (910) 5 years ago

If that's true, then i hope they get their 10%.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

How can a dead man spend money?

[–] HarlemEagle42 (17735) 5 years ago

If that's truly the case, let em have it.

[–] FilmBuff (7234) 5 years ago

Man, they should be forced to pay 10% of the net profits out of their own pockets as an apology for how badly they ruined the book/ a thank you to the new team for making something so rad.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

I just checked these two men: Konigsberg died in 2016, so whether this is a joke is beyond me. It's far too late to stop the new movies now.

[–] FilmBuff (7234) 5 years ago

They should hold his next of kin liable.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

I call BULLSHIT on this! I mean, why are they coming forward NOW, and not TWO YEARS ago???

[–] TheCaretaker237 (68) 5 years ago

It wasn’t a miniseries it was a two part TV movie.

TheCaretaker