The heirs of the creator of “Superman” demand Warner Bros. for the premiere of James Gunn’s film

The heirs of the creator of “Superman” demand Warner Bros. for the premiere of James Gunn’s film

February 3, 2025 – 10:58

The demand states that DC Studios does not have the right rights to release the new film in selected “key territories”, such as England, Canada, Ireland and Australia.

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The heirs of the creator of Superman, Joseph Schusterthey are demanding Warner Bros. Discovery and DC Comics for the launch of the next movie of James Gunn starring David Korenswet.

According to the Deadline portal, the lawsuit states that DC Studios It does not have the right rights to release the new film in “key territories”, such as England, Canada, Ireland and Australia.

If the demand is not resolved before the premiere date for July 10 (In Argentina), it is possible that the premiere of the film is delayed in the aforementioned territories. However, Warner Bros. has insisted that the claim of the heirs of Schuster has no basis.

In a statement, a spokesman for Warner Bros. Discovery said: “We are fundamentally disagree with the merits of demand and will strongly defend our rights.”

What does the demand against Warner Bros. of the heirs of the creator of Superman say

Although Schuster and his partner and co -creator of Superman, Jerome “Jerry” Siegelthe character’s world rights were given to DC Comics in 1938, the claim states that the International Copyright Law stipulates that “Such assignments automatically end 25 years after the death of an author”.

“Shuster died in 1992 and Siegel in 1996. By the empire of the law, Shuster’s foreign rights automatically returned to their heritage in 2017 in most of these territories (and in 2021 in Canada). However, the defendants continue to exploit Superman in these jurisdictions without the authorization of Shuster’s heritage, even in films, television series and products, in direct contravention of the copyright laws of these countries, which require the consent of all The co -owners of the copyright to do so, ”says the demand.

Supermanstarring Korenswet as the titular superhero, it will mark the beginning of the new Gunn DC universe. The next film is also starring Rachel Brosnahan like lois lane and Nicholas Hault Like Lex Luthor.

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