Teletubby 149,805 Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 The family of the author whose article inspired the 1986 Tom Cruise movie "Top Gun" on Monday sued Paramount Pictures for copyright infringement over this year's blockbuster sequel "Top Gun: Maverick." According to a complaint filed in Los Angeles federal courtby Shosh Yonay and Yuval Yonay, who are respectively Ehud's widow and son, the Paramount Global unit failed to reacquire the rights to Ehud Yonay's 1983 article "Top Guns" from the family before releasing the "derivative" sequel. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages, including profits from "Top Gun: Maverick," and to block distribution of the movie or further sequels. Paramount said in a statement: "These claims are without merit, and we will defend ourselves vigorously." "You b*tch!" ~ Rat Boy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
COOOK 76,406 Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 "Top Gun: Swift" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dojo 19,365 Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 how tricky so it was based solely on an article? not even a book or a short story Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KORG 4,756 Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 Lion King was based on Hamlet & the sequels were based on creating terrible sequels but you don't see Bill Shakes crawling out of his grave to get a quick buck out of Simba's Pride. Opportunistic & morally inept. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 117,089 Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 3 minutes ago, KORG said: Lion King was based on Hamlet & the sequels were based on creating terrible sequels but you don't see Bill Shakes crawling out of his grave to get a quick buck out of Simba's Pride. Opportunistic & morally inept. Lion King was based on Kimba the White Lion So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KORG 4,756 Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 1 minute ago, River said: Lion King was based on Kimba the White Lion They were both based on shakey bill. Why it gotta be white? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
androiduser 7,438 Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 if the original was based on the article, and the sequel is not a reworking of the original, but a sequel, I don't see how it's directly connected to the source material. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
weed 73,868 Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 huh??? an article about planes flying?? "inspired" by and not "based upon" ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 117,089 Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 3 hours ago, KORG said: They were both based on shakey bill. Why it gotta be white? Shakespeare's work is public domain so your example is not good here. Universal had the rights for the article and the rights expired, so they had to re-purchase them again if they wanted to created the sequel that heavily takes elements from the first movie, like the friendship of the pilots, which was the first inspiration of the movie based on the article. The article: http://www.topgunbio.com/top-guns-by-ehud-yonay/ So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameltoe Chariot 15,229 Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 4 hours ago, KORG said: Lion King was based on Hamlet & the sequels were based on creating terrible sequels but you don't see Bill Shakes crawling out of his grave to get a quick buck out of Simba's Pride. Opportunistic & morally inept. And Hamlet is a lift of an Icelandic saga, the story of Amleth - also the basis of The Northman  Miss Shakes is off to court I fear Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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