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Owners of “Choose Your Own Adventure” Brand Now Suing Netflix Over “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch”
Netflix landed themselves in hot water with The Satanic Temple over the use of one of their statues in “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” late last year, and they’re now kicking off 2019 with yet another legal battle. As reported by The Wrap today, children’s book publisher Chooseco, LLC holds the “Choose Your Own Adventure” trademark, and they’re none too happy about the phrase being used in Netflix’s “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch,“ a somewhat innovative Choose Your Own Adventure feature film that debuted on the service on December 28.
The term “Choose Your Own Adventure” is indeed mentioned in “Bandersnatch,” which all around is driven by the concept that first began many years ago in the world of books.
“Netflix has no license or authorization to use Chooseco’s trademark and, upon information and belief, used the mark willfully and intentionally to capitalize on viewers’ nostalgia for the original book series from the 1980s and 1990s,” the company said in the lawsuit. “The film’s dark and, at times, disturbing content dilutes the goodwill for and positive associations with Chooseco’ s mark and tarnishes its products.”
Interestingly, Chooseco (who has owned the trademark since the ’80s) claims they negotiated with Netflix in 2016 about the use of phrase, but they never gave Netflix the license.
“Bandersnatch” isn’t the first film to use the format, of course, as horror fans will remember Final Destination 3 and Return to House on Haunted Hill adopting the format for DVD.
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“Pretty Little Liars: Summer School” Official Trailer Assembles the Final Girls and Starts Slashing
The slasher-themed relaunch of “Pretty Little Liars” continues this coming May with “Pretty Little Liars: Summer School,” and you can slash into the official trailer down below.
“Summer School” begins on Max on May 9, 2024.
The Max Original series from Warner Bros. Television debuts with two episodes on Thursday, May 9, we’ve learned, followed by one new episode weekly through June 20 on Max.
Following the harrowing events of “Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin,” our Pretty Little Liars face a fate worse than death – summer school. However, Millwood High isn’t the only thing getting in the way of their fun summer jobs and new, dreamy love interests.
A new villain, who may or may not have a connection to A, has come to town and is going to put them all to the test.
Bailee Madison, Chandler Kinney, Zaria, Malia Pyles, and Maia Reficco return as the next generation of Pretty Little Liars.
The series also stars Mallory Bechtel, Sharon Leal, Alex Aiono, Jordan Gonzalez, and Elias Kacavas.
The series is created, written, and executive produced by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (“Riverdale,” “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina”) and Lindsay Calhoon Bring (“Chilling Adventures of Sabrina”). Aguirre-Sacasa’s Muckle Man Productions and Alloy Entertainment produce, in association with Warner Bros. Television.
Alloy’s Leslie Morgenstein and Gina Girolamo are also executive producers, along with Marlene King (who developed the original “Pretty Little Liars” series), and Michael Grassi.
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