
By the time movies come to your screen — be that at your local theater or in your living room — hundreds of people’s thoughts, ideas, and labor have gone into it. From the producers and stars to the office PAs and caterers, every movie is a group project involving plenty of strong personalities and big egos. Often, that means behind-the-scenes drama that fans never learn about unless it goes to court.
One instance of behind-the-scenes drama that did, in fact, make it to the courts, now has led to something very strange: a rights dispute resulting in two different sequel projects of the same source material.