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The upcoming live-action remake of Aladdin just released its first teaser trailer but not everyone is happy and excited about it.
The teaser takes pieces from the original animated film, including memorable pieces of music and lines from the original script. This, posed a problem from the original Aladdin screenwriter Terry Rossio. Terry, who wrote the script with Ted Elliot, took to Twitter to express his frustrations.
He wrote, "So strange that literally the only words spoken in the new Aladdin trailer happens to be a rhyme that my writing partner and I wrote, and Disney offers zero compensation to us (or to any screenwriters on any of these live-action re-makes) not even a t-shirt or a pass to work."
How is that possible? It's all about foresight and contracts. Terry later explains in another tweet that at the time the original Aladdin was made, no one foresaw live-action reimaginings happening. As a result, their original contracts did not mention anything to do with the remakes but according to Terry, that's not for a lack of pleading their case.
"The studio owns the content on an animated feature. When the films were made, no one foresaw a live-action remake so nothing was contracted. Disney has been approached many times for some kind of compensation fee (I asked for a Disney pass) but they answered no, zilch, nada," Terry tweeted.
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It's a little weird that those who helped create the original classic film would not be able to receive some sort of compensation - it doesn't have to be monetary, for their work. With more live-action remakes coming up, this may not be the last we hear about such unhappiness.
What do you think about this situation?
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