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Kind of ancillary to the story, but can someone explain to me why "Hollywood" would even need any specific individual to be on board with a movie about this? It
by skeeter2020 6y ago
Kind of ancillary to the story, but can someone explain to me why "Hollywood" would even need any specific individual to be on board with a movie about this? It seems you could compose a character from many of the generic aspects without any specific viewpoint, and the entire point of this phenom was there wasn't a specific individual. I'm no screen writer but why couldn't you create the next "social network" or "big short" just from all the feedstock material?
- jrochkind1 6y agoThey don't necessarily legally -- not even if they are making the story about specific individuals. You don't generally (in the USA) have a right to get paid for, or to control, someone telling a story about you, journalistically or fictionalized. But it makes it less likely you'll get sued and have to deal with it. And you've paid off the subject to not go to the media and be like "that's not how it happened at all, they are liars!" And I guess if what you did could be considered defamation that'd be a reason they could win a lawsuit. But it's kind of just how hollywood does it. Somebody could decide to try not to do it that way if they wanted, it's not clear it's strictly legally required in almost any case at all. https://www.indiewire.com/2019/09/hustlers-life-rights-hollywood-legal-based-on-true-events-1202176296/ https://www.indiewire.com/2019/09/hustlers-life-rights-holly...
- hluska 6y agoI wonder if, in this case, they needed something akin to a translator to make it a little more accessible. I’m only in my early forties and have seldom felt as old or out of touch as I do reading WSB. I remember being young enough that urban dictionary was funny. Now it’s reference material.