Disney Pulls Out of 'Peter Pan' Movie in Hospital Dispute

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Disney Pulls Out of 'Peter Pan' Movie in Hospital Dispute

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Disney was being depicted as a Scrooge after it dropped out of a new $140-million film version of Peter Pan over a merchandising dispute involving the distribution of profits to the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. In his will, Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie had transferred the copyright to the hospital, which subsequently made a deal with Disney, in which it receives a regular annual payment for rights to the story. Disney continues to dispute the hospital's claim to a percentage of profits from Peter Pan merchandise that Disney produces. A Disney spokeswoman said, "We did not want to be in a situation where we were paying twice." But the London Daily Telegraph quoted an unnamed producer connected with the film as saying, "The bottom line is that [Disney] wanted a share of the merchandising but did not want to pay for it."
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There's a more detailed account here (including Disney copyright police, policing a copyright they don't own!) :(

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/11/ ... 16621.html
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very interesting thanks for sharing.
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I'm sorry, but I think Peter Pan is just one of those things that should never be live-action-NeverLand is to magical and wonderful to be real, so it shouldn't be.
NeverLand should be brought to life only by animation: nothing else can capture the magic.

Plus, I recently saw some stills from that new movie, and they didn't look all that great :roll:
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Wow.That was actually old news from last year.Universal eventually went on to make it with Revolution Studios.
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Prince Adam wrote:I'm sorry, but I think Peter Pan is just one of those things that should never be live-action-NeverLand is to magical and wonderful to be real, so it shouldn't be.
NeverLand should be brought to life only by animation: nothing else can capture the magic.

Plus, I recently saw some stills from that new movie, and they didn't look all that great :roll:
Well it was a play to begin with so there wouldn't be any Disney animated version if it wasn't for the live action play.
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Sort of getting off topic, but here's some new JM Barrie Peter Pan news:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/3308591.stm
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