Comments on: Warren Beatty given green light to sue TMS http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/11/10/warren-beatty-given-green-light-to-sue-tms/ The source for industry news for the professional cartoonist Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:54:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Mark McComas http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/11/10/warren-beatty-given-green-light-to-sue-tms/#comment-88237 Mark McComas Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:39:33 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=5850#comment-88237 I hope they resolve the whole thing and produce something of quality. Dick Tracy was one of my favorite comic strips when I was growing up. Gould went off on a weird tangent witht he "moon maid" stuff, but it was cutting edge crimefighting for its time. Sort of CSI: Chicago without the morgue stuff. Very Cool. I hope they resolve the whole thing and produce something of quality. Dick Tracy was one of my favorite comic strips when I was growing up. Gould went off on a weird tangent witht he “moon maid” stuff, but it was cutting edge crimefighting for its time. Sort of CSI: Chicago without the morgue stuff. Very Cool.

]]> By: Chris Crosby http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/11/10/warren-beatty-given-green-light-to-sue-tms/#comment-88109 Chris Crosby Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:24:01 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=5850#comment-88109 This story seems so weird to me. Why does Warren Beatty still have the film and TV rights to DICK TRACY twenty years after last film!? What kinda crazy-long contract did TMS sign? And if he wants to hold onto them so much, why didn't he just produce an ultra-low-budget DVD-premiere DICK TRACY prequel movie or something so he could hold onto the rights? The first film made $163 million in 1990 despite poor reviews so there's clearly some market for it, and a DVD film wouldn't rely on the cooperation of a TV network. This story seems so weird to me. Why does Warren Beatty still have the film and TV rights to DICK TRACY twenty years after last film!? What kinda crazy-long contract did TMS sign? And if he wants to hold onto them so much, why didn’t he just produce an ultra-low-budget DVD-premiere DICK TRACY prequel movie or something so he could hold onto the rights? The first film made $163 million in 1990 despite poor reviews so there’s clearly some market for it, and a DVD film wouldn’t rely on the cooperation of a TV network.

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