The Walt Disney Company will lose a significant portion of its revenue from the last two Avengers films due to a lawsuit brought by VFX company Rearden, which claims Marvel used its patented technology to animate major characters in the blockbuster. facing risks. However, The Hollywood Reporter claims that a federal judge has dismissed part of the lawsuit against Marvel. (Also read: X-Men '97 premiere makes fans nostalgic, here's more episodes dropping on Disney Plus)
What exactly does that mean?
Mr. Rearden said that Disney has produced films such as “Guardians of the Galaxy” (2014), “Beauty and the Beast” (2017), and the previous two Avengers movies, “Avengers: Infinity War” (2018). claimed to be DD3, the company that collaborated with on a significant amount of VFX on the hit movie. ) and Avengers: Endgame (2019) – did not own the technology they lent to these films.
The technology, called MOVA Contour Reality Capture, is said to have been used to animate popular Marvel characters such as the Incredible Hulk (played by Mark Ruffalo in the Avengers films). However, part of the lawsuit against Marvel was dismissed on Friday due to lack of evidence in this regard.
What's left in the case?
But the court gave Rearden one last chance to revise that claim and include the evidence needed to prove how, if at all, Marvel profited from its stolen technology. Gave. “The court will therefore give Rearden one final opportunity to remedy its copyright infringement claims, but Rearden must be willing to:” [its] Workarounds without caveats and/or with additional details explaining their rationale [its] I have a belief,” the judge said.
If Mr. Rearden succeeds in this, it could cause significant damage to Disney. If proven guilty, the company could be forced to part with a significant portion of the revenue it earned from “Avengers: Infinity War'' and “Avengers: Endgame,'' which grossed more than $6 billion at the global box office. It could also damage Marvel's credibility, given that the studio is already facing difficult times after its latest series of films have underperformed at the box office.
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