‘Buck Rogers’ Estate Blasts Off Against Legendary Over George Clooney TV Reboot; Company Says It “Secured The Rights We Need”

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‘Buck Rogers’ Estate Blasts Off Against Legendary Over George Clooney TV Reboot; Company Says They’ve “Secured The Rights We Need”

“Your conduct is a slander of title of the rights the Buck Rogers Interests own,” the sharp-elbowed Beverly Hills lawyer continued. “Demand is made that you correct the record publicly as Legendary/Murphy have no chain of title. You are directed to advise all third parties, including any insurers, distributors, and financiers that there is no chain of title held by Legendary/Murphy.”

“We note that the litigious Mr. Murphy has lost every legal maneuver he has so far attempted,” the shot across the bow correspondence added. If the sleight against the veteran producer was intended to be in regards to any Buck Rogers project, it should be stated that a previous Buck Rogers rights action that involved Murphy as a defendant was dismissed in 2019.

Still, harsh words, but, of course, a cease-and-desist letter doesn’t mean much unless you’re willing to back it up with an actual lawsuit. In the byzantine universe of older properties and their rights and owners, such legal action can become a long, messy and expensive affair — a fact Legendary made sure to note to Deadline.

“We have secured the rights we need to proceed with our project and the company will not comment any further on these baseless claims.” a spokesperson for Legendary said this evening. “This same party has been claiming for years that they have rights which they do not have and have been trying to inhibit projects based on rights they do not legally control.”

Having said that, attorney Johnson is no stranger to fighting studios and producers in the dark deep trenches of accounting, royalties, and rights — and should never be considered less than serious for his clients. Johnson co-repped director Colin Higgins’ estate in its suit against Universal for unpaid home video royalties, with the plaintiff getting

 

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