Showbiz Sandbox 523: Who Owns The Copyright For The Ratatouille Musical?

January 8, 2021

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The Pixar film “Ratatouille” is enjoying new life. The tale of a rat who becomes a gourmet Parisian chef has gone from one of Pixar’s animated blockbusters, to a TikTok meme taken on by a collaborative community to an actual honest to goodness online musical, complete with Broadway stars. But with so many people from all over the world working on the production, who owns the rights?

Meanwhile, in the ongoing dispute between William Morris Endeavor and the Writers Guild, the agency keeps insisting they’ve got a deal on a new code of conduct but the WGA keeps saying, not so fast.

Of course we also cover some of the week’s top entertainment headlines including how Amazon’s podcast maneuver, Quibi may have found a new home and why “The Great Gatsby” is now in the public domain.


Streaming Into The Void Podcast
http://streamingvoid.com/

How The Box Office Will Power Back In 2021 Despite Covid Woes & Streaming Obsessions
https://deadline.com/2020/12/movie-theaters-2021-outlook-poised-for-rebound-covid-black-widow-1234661930/

TikTokkers Are Writing Ratatouille, the Musical. But Who Owns the Copyright?
https://theconversation.com/tiktokkers-are-writing-ratatouille-the-musical-but-who-owns-the-copyright-151294

How the Ratatouille Musical Went From TikTok Sensation to All-Star Broadway Production
https://time.com/5925560/ratatouille-tiktok-musical/

How the Ratatouille Musical Went From TikTok Sensation to All-Star Broadway Production
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/31/theater/ratatouille-tiktok-musical.html

Amazon to Acquire Podcast Studio Wondery
https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/amazon-acquires-wondery-1234876677/

Amazon, NFL Get Decent Audience for League’s Streaming-Only Debut
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/amazon-nfl-get-decent-audience-for-leagues-streaming-only-debut

January 1, 2021 is Public Domain Day: Works From 1925 Are Open To all!
https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2021/

Hulu Inks ViacomCBS Deal to Add 14 Cable Networks to Live TV Package
https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/hulu-live-tv-viacomcbs-cable-networks-deal-1234878131/

WGA Rejects WME’s Proposed Deal; Says Agency “Yet To Grapple” With Its “Conflicts Of Interest”
https://deadline.com/2020/12/wga-rejects-wme-deal-agency-grapple-conflicts-of-interest-1234662648/

Judge Refuses WME’s Bid to End Writers’ Boycott
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/wme-writers-guild-didnt-meet-and-engage-to-get-a-deal-done

Lin Qi, Yoozoo CEO and Producer on Netflix’s ‘Three-Body Problem,’ Dies at 39
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lin-qi-yoozoo-ceo-and-producer-on-netflixs-three-body-problem-dies-at-39

French Designer Pierre Cardin Dies Aged 98
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2020/dec/29/french-designer-pierre-cardin-dies-aged-98

John ‘Ecstasy’ Fletcher, of the Pioneering Rap Group Whodini, Dies at 56
https://variety.com/2020/music/news/whodini-john-ecstasy-fletcher-dead-dies-1234874501/

Armando Manzanero, Influential Mexican Balladeer, Is Dead
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/01/world/americas/armando-manzanero-dead.html

William Link Dies: Co-Creator Of ‘Columbo’, ‘Murder She Wrote’, Was 87
https://deadline.com/2020/12/william-link-dead-co-creator-columbo-murder-she-wrote-ellery-queen-was-87-1234662464/

Roger Berlind, 90, Dies; Broadway Impresario Who Amassed 25 Tonys
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/24/theater/roger-berlind-dead.html

Eugene Wright, Bassist with Classic Dave Brubeck Quartet, Dies Aged 97
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jan/01/eugene-wright-bassist-classic-dave-brubeck-quartet-dies-aged-97

Dawn Wells Dies Of Covid-19: Mary Ann On ‘Gilligan’s Island’ Was 82
https://deadline.com/2020/12/dawn-wells-dead-gilligans-island-covid-19-complications-1234662935/

Gerry Marsden, Frontman of Gerry and the Pacemakers, Dies at 78
https://variety.com/2021/music/news/gerry-marsden-dead-dies-frontman-gerry-and-the-pacemakers-1234877910/

Adolfo Quiñones, Dancer, Choreographer and Cultural Icon Known as Shabba-Doo, Dies at 65
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/adolfo-quinones-dancer-choreographer-and-cultural-icon-known-as-shabba-doo-dies-at-65

Barry Lopez, Award-winning Arctic Dreams Author, Has Died Aged 75
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/dec/27/barry-lopez-award-winning-arctic-dreams-author-has-died-aged-75

Mike Fenton, Casting Director on ‘Cuckoo’s Nest,’ ‘Godfather: Part II’ and the ‘Back to the Future’ Films, Dies at 85
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mike-fenton-casting-director-on-cuckoos-nest-godfather-part-ii-and-the-back-to-the-future-films-dies-at-85

K.T. Oslin, Country Star of the ’80s and ’90s, Dies at 78
https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/9503509/kt-oslin-dead-country-star/

Lee Breuer Dies: ‘The Gospel at Colonus’ Playwright, Leading Force In American Avant-Garde Theater Was 83
https://deadline.com/2021/01/lee-breuer-dead-obituary-mabou-mines-the-gospel-at-colonus-playwright-was-83-1234664485/

Rebecca Luker, Tony-Nominated ‘Mary Poppins,’ ‘Music Man’ Star, Dies at 59
https://variety.com/2020/legit/news/rebecca-luker-dead-broadway-mary-poppins-sound-of-music-1234874347/

Tony Rice, Innovative Bluegrass Guitarist, Dead at 69
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tony-rice-innovative-bluegrass-guitarist-175319026.html

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