In a summer of many misses, “Sound of Freedom” has become a major and unlikely box office hit, making a sequel seem a foregone conclusion. But who exactly holds the rights to tackle a new outing? W…
” has become a major and unlikely box office hit, making a sequel seem a foregone conclusion. But who exactly holds the rights to tackle a new outing? Well, it’s complicated.that her client signed a deal with Tim Ballard, the anti-human trafficking activist who is the subject of the breakout film, “for exclusive life rights” and that the pair recently began developing a follow-up. Ilitch Jr., the son of Mike Ilitch, billionaire owner of Little Caesars Pizza, wasn’t going to stop there.
during the scriptwriting stage sometime around 2015. He acknowledged that sequel talks are afoot, with the action moving from Colombia, where the original film is set, to Haiti. “There’s definitely a lot of interest to exploring [the subject] a little deeper, because this is just the tip of the iceberg,” the director said. But a spokesperson for Monteverde later said that his client’s rights only covered one movie.
Still, attorneys who specialize in intellectual property rights say the “Sound of Freedom” case is messy and somewhat unique. Leslie Steinau at Wilk Auslander likened the situation to the battle between former President Donald Trump and journalist Bob Woodward over a series of interviews that were turned into the 2022 audiobook “The Trump Tapes.”
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