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Originally Posted by myjah
Without reading the other responses, my gut response is that Parody films OWE a % of profit to the Parent media they spin off from and the Parody project should be contractually agreed upon.
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Wrong.
The real issue here is that Smash didn't wait until Universal released THEIR movie of 50 Shades of Grey... then Smash would have had no problems releasing a "parody" of that movie. However, Universal bought the "film" rights to adapt the book, and Smash made a "film" based on the book, which, since the Universal movie hasn't come out yet, they are not allowed to do - so it's not a parody issue, it's a film rights issue.
Our movie
SPUNK'D is clearly a parody, we never got sued, and if we ever DO get sued I don't think they would have much of a case against us. Check out the trailer and you decide:
SPUNK'D TRAILER