According to the legal team representing Tyburn, Cushing made the deal with them due to a situation with a TV movie that Cushing was going to do with the studio until the project fell apart. Tyburn’s ...

The use of actor Peter Cushing’s likeness in Rogue One, 22 years after his death, is being challenged legally by his friend, in a case which could impact how films use the images of deceased actors.

The makers of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story are being sued over the image rights of actor Peter Cushing, whose image was resurrected for the 2016 film. Cushing, who passed away in 1994 from cancer, had ...

The issue of recreating the likenesses of dead actors is certainly one that is on the minds of many in the entertainment industry. In the most recent Alien: Romulus movie, for instance, the digital ...

Rogue One was a revolutionary Star Wars movie for several reasons. It proved Star Wars could succeed at the box office beyond the flagship saga, it fleshed out a crucial part of the timeline leading ...

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A legal battle that has been brewing for years is now going to trial, with a High Court in London ruling that Tyburn Film Productions can proceed with their lawsuit against Disney/Lucasfilm for using ...

Disney subsidiary Lucasfilm is being sued over its recreation of Grand Moff Tarkin actor Peter Cushing's image in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. As reported by The Times, a friend of Cushing has ...

Film producer Kevin Francis is suing Lucasfilm (and, by proxy, Disney) over the reproduction of Peter Cushing’s image in Star Wars: A Rogue One Story. In the film, the deceased actor was digitally ...