Panellists on December 4 spoke of the need to scrutinise every possible creative ownership stake when preparing a remake.
“You need good lawyers to assess the fundamental rights chain,” said Alejandro Cacetta of Patagonik Film Group, speaking during a sesion moderated by FilmSharks chief Guido Rud.
Robert Darwell of Us law firm Sheppard Mullin spoke about the time he did legal work on Adrian Lyne’s 1997 Lolita starring Jeremy Irons.
In that case, Darwell said, the legal team and producers had secured the rights to Vladimir Nabokov’s novel but not to Stanley Kubrick’s 1962 film and had to pay attention that no element of the earier adaption seeped into their fresh interpretation.
“Remakes for a long time have been an important part of the development process at the studios,” said Darwell.
“In the last five years we have seen more remakes coming from Latin America. The big change in the past several years has been much more...
“You need good lawyers to assess the fundamental rights chain,” said Alejandro Cacetta of Patagonik Film Group, speaking during a sesion moderated by FilmSharks chief Guido Rud.
Robert Darwell of Us law firm Sheppard Mullin spoke about the time he did legal work on Adrian Lyne’s 1997 Lolita starring Jeremy Irons.
In that case, Darwell said, the legal team and producers had secured the rights to Vladimir Nabokov’s novel but not to Stanley Kubrick’s 1962 film and had to pay attention that no element of the earier adaption seeped into their fresh interpretation.
“Remakes for a long time have been an important part of the development process at the studios,” said Darwell.
“In the last five years we have seen more remakes coming from Latin America. The big change in the past several years has been much more...
- 12/5/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Jorge Stamadianos of Fox, Alejandro Cacetta and Juan Vera of Patagonik Film Group in Argentina and Robert Darwell of Sheppard Mullin will be among the participants at the Remake It! session at Ventana Sur on December 4.
Joining them are Max Saidel of Latido and Roma Business Street, David Castellanos of Spain’s Cinema Republic, Laurent Danielou from Rezo and Ivan Dias from Filmax.
Topics under discussion are expected to include the types of IP that are ripe for remake, the development process, budget levels, box office results and back-end participation.
FilmSharks head Guido Rud will moderate the session.
Joining them are Max Saidel of Latido and Roma Business Street, David Castellanos of Spain’s Cinema Republic, Laurent Danielou from Rezo and Ivan Dias from Filmax.
Topics under discussion are expected to include the types of IP that are ripe for remake, the development process, budget levels, box office results and back-end participation.
FilmSharks head Guido Rud will moderate the session.
- 12/4/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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