Kangana Ranaut's Queen 2 lands in legal | Indian Movie News
Kangana Ranaut’s upcoming movie Queen 2 has reportedly change into the centre of a legal dispute shortly after finishing manufacturing. Phantom Studios has moved the Bombay High Court with a Rs 250 crore lawsuit against JioStar, alleging that the movie is an unauthorised sequel to the 2014 hit Queen and infringes upon the mental property rights related with the unique movie.
The sequel reportedly reunites Kangana Ranaut with filmmaker Vikas Bahl and lately wrapped filming. The project is now believed to be in post-production forward of its deliberate release.
Phantom Studios alleges mental property infringement
According to a report by Mid-Day, Phantom Studios claims it owns 50 per cent of the mental property rights to Queen, including the rights to develop any sequels or spinoff works based on the movie.
The manufacturing home has alleged that it never granted permission for Queen 2 to be developed and has therefore challenged the project in court.
The publication quoted a source saying, “Their non action is what has led to Phantom Studios suing them for infringement. There was even a public notice put out and multiple communications sent to Vikas and JioStar as well, informing them before this step was taken.”
The lawsuit reportedly alleges that Queen 2 has been developed without the consent of one of the unique rights holders.
Production home says repeated communications went unanswered
The report additional prompt that Phantom Studios tried to resolve the issue before approaching the court. According to insiders, discussions and settlement efforts between the 2 sides didn’t outcome in an settlement.
Another source claimed that the studio determined to provoke legal proceedings after studying that filming on Queen 2 had been accomplished.
The legal motion is also said to comply with a public discover issued by Phantom Studios in April. In that discover, the company acknowledged that it had not authorised any adaptation, sequel or spinoff work based on Queen.
What Phantom Studios claims about Queen’s rights
Released in 2014, Queen grew to become one of the most acclaimed Hindi movies of the last decade. Directed by Vikas Bahl, the movie earned widespread reward and gained two National Film Awards, including Best Actress for Kangana Ranaut.
The unique movie was collectively produced by Viacom18 Motion Pictures and Phantom Films, the banner based by Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane, Madhu Mantena and Vikas Bahl. Although Phantom Films was dissolved in 2018, it was revived as Phantom Studios in 2021.
Phantom Studios now maintains that it continues to own a 50 per cent stake in the mental property of Queen, giving it the legal proper to approve or reject any sequel based on the unique movie.
As of now, neither JioStar nor the makers of Queen 2 have publicly responded to the reported lawsuit.
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