Movie Biz Shananigans: Watch Warren Beatty Cling to the Dick Tracy Rights With New TCM Special
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WHAT? FEB. 12, 2023
Watch Warren Beatty Cling to the Dick Tracy Rights With New TCM Special
By Bethy Squires, a Vulture news blogger who covers comedy
Cinemaheads watched a different Big Game this week: Warren Beatty’s game against Tribune Media and IP law. In order to hold onto the rights to Dick Tracy and all its yucky-faced villains, Beatty has to create televised content for it every decade or so. (Kinda similar to how Sony keeps giving us new Spider-Men, regardless of whether they have a long game for each Spider-Verse.) In order to hold on to Tracy for a further score of years, Beatty and TCM broadcast a Zoom chat between him, alter ego Dick Tracy, Leonard Maltin, and Ben Mankiewicz. The last time Beatty pulled this particular stunt, it was in 2010. Once again aided and abetted in this grift by TCM, that special featured cameos from Wendi McLendon-Covey and Mindy Sterling, a.k.a. Deputy Clementine Johnson and Frau Farbissina. Beatty has been trying to get a sequel made to his 1990 film, which sits on the cusp between flop and cult classic, since…well since 1991.
Watch Warren Beatty Cling to the Dick Tracy Rights With New TCM Special
By Bethy Squires, a Vulture news blogger who covers comedy
Cinemaheads watched a different Big Game this week: Warren Beatty’s game against Tribune Media and IP law. In order to hold onto the rights to Dick Tracy and all its yucky-faced villains, Beatty has to create televised content for it every decade or so. (Kinda similar to how Sony keeps giving us new Spider-Men, regardless of whether they have a long game for each Spider-Verse.) In order to hold on to Tracy for a further score of years, Beatty and TCM broadcast a Zoom chat between him, alter ego Dick Tracy, Leonard Maltin, and Ben Mankiewicz. The last time Beatty pulled this particular stunt, it was in 2010. Once again aided and abetted in this grift by TCM, that special featured cameos from Wendi McLendon-Covey and Mindy Sterling, a.k.a. Deputy Clementine Johnson and Frau Farbissina. Beatty has been trying to get a sequel made to his 1990 film, which sits on the cusp between flop and cult classic, since…well since 1991.
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By Eliot Glazer
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“The make-up used for all of the villains was based directly on how they were drawn by Chester Gould in the original comic strip. The only exception was Big Boy Caprice, whose make-up was designed by Al Pacino himself.” Can you tell?
Interesting.
Didnt know that is how it works in Hollyweird.
It makes sense now why these studios are always rebooting old shit for no reason.
Didnt know that is how it works in Hollyweird.
It makes sense now why these studios are always rebooting old shit for no reason.
Tracy went on a murder spree towards the end.. I don’t fight crime I murder everything moving- tracy
If you ever heard about Roger Corman's infamous Fantastic Four movie, it came about because the right's owner had to make something to keep the right's. It didn't need to be good or in this case even released... Lol.
^^^^
Ummm this is actually NOT a bad idea
It's actually a great idea, not cause it comes from me, on it's own merit.
I've said it a few times on here over the years. That premise is more relevant now than when the movie was made. But if I had his ear I would have had a working script at the ready for years.
Perfect time would have been Trayvon or George Floyd protests eras.
And imagine a new soundtrack...would be sick