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Warner Bros. attempted to negotiate an agreement with Siegel's heirs in order to retain Siegel's half of the rights to Superman. On October 16, 2001, Warner made an offer. Warner offered a payment of $3 million, an annual stipend of $500,000, a 6% royalty of Superman and a 1% royalty of his publications, and full medical benefits.
The estate of one of Superman's co-creators has filed a copyright lawsuit in a U.S. court against Warner Bros. Discovery ahead of the release of its new movie "Superman," part of a planned reboot ...
Warner Bros. Inc. v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., 720 F.2d 231 (2d Cir. 1983), [1] the case of Superman v. The Greatest American Hero , is the third case in a Second Circuit trilogy of 20th century copyright infringement cases in which the proprietors of Superman copyrights sued other companies for publishing fictional exploits of a ...
[24] In 1975, upon hearing that Warner Bros. was producing a Superman film, Siegel alerted the press to his condition. In response, Warner Bros, agreed to give Siegel and Shuster a lifetime stipend of $20,000 a year (later increased to $30,000) in exchange for not contesting ownership of the copyright to Superman. [6]
Hollywood superstar Dwayne Johnson has said that Warner Bros initially refused to greenlight the return of Henry Cavill as Superman. Johnson, who is currently enjoying the success of his film ...
S&K Pictures, Inc., which shares an address with Warner Bros., and Lex Pascual, vice president of production incentives at Warner Bros. Discovery, applied for the tax credit in November.
In the early 1990s, Peters bought the film rights to the Superman franchise from Warner Bros. In his Q&A/comedy DVD An Evening with Kevin Smith, filmmaker Kevin Smith talked about working for Peters when he was hired to write a script for a new Superman film, which was then called Superman Reborn and later Superman Lives. [9]
Warner Bros. (International) Produced in 1962; unreleased until 1972 in UK, 1974 in US: Treasure Island: December 9, 1973: Warner Bros. Edited version aired in 1980 as part of NBC Special Treat series: Oliver Twist: July 10, 1974: Warner Bros. Edited version aired in 1981 as part of NBC Special Treat series: Mighty Mouse in the Great Space ...