Looks like the “Choose Your Own Adventure” book publisher, Chooseco LLC, isn’t happy with Netflix’s interactive film Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. The publisher has filed a lawsuit against Netflix alleging that the movie infringes on its trademarks.
As many of you already know, Bandersnatch allows the viewers to make choices for the characters throughout the story affecting the direction of it which will lead to a number of possible endings. It’s actually a pretty cool experience.
The publisher alleges that Netflix “deliberately exploited the brand awareness of its book series to launch the show.” They’re looking for $25 million in damages.
According to the suit, “Netflix sought a license to use the ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ trademark over the last couple of years. However, the negotiations never resulted in a deal. The suit also notes that 20th Century Fox recently optioned the rights to develop an interactive film series based on the books.
As many of you already know, Bandersnatch allows the viewers to make choices for the characters throughout the story affecting the direction of it which will lead to a number of possible endings. It’s actually a pretty cool experience.
The publisher alleges that Netflix “deliberately exploited the brand awareness of its book series to launch the show.” They’re looking for $25 million in damages.
According to the suit, “Netflix sought a license to use the ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ trademark over the last couple of years. However, the negotiations never resulted in a deal. The suit also notes that 20th Century Fox recently optioned the rights to develop an interactive film series based on the books.
- 1/11/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
The publisher of the “Choose Your Own Adventure” book series sued Netflix in federal court on Friday, alleging that the film “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch” infringes on its trademarks.
The film debuted last month on the streaming service. Like the “Choose Your Own Adventure” books, the film allows viewers to direct the character’s action, leading to a variety of possible endings.
Chooseco LLC, the Vermont-based publisher of the book series, alleges that Netflix deliberately exploited the brand awareness of its book series to launch the show. The “Choose Your Own Adventure” books were popular among young readers in the ’80s and ’90s, and publishers have sold 265 million copies, according to the suit, which seeks at least $25 million in damages.
According to the suit, Netflix sought a license to use the “Choose Your Own Adventure” trademark over the last couple of years. However, the negotiations never resulted in a deal. The...
The film debuted last month on the streaming service. Like the “Choose Your Own Adventure” books, the film allows viewers to direct the character’s action, leading to a variety of possible endings.
Chooseco LLC, the Vermont-based publisher of the book series, alleges that Netflix deliberately exploited the brand awareness of its book series to launch the show. The “Choose Your Own Adventure” books were popular among young readers in the ’80s and ’90s, and publishers have sold 265 million copies, according to the suit, which seeks at least $25 million in damages.
According to the suit, Netflix sought a license to use the “Choose Your Own Adventure” trademark over the last couple of years. However, the negotiations never resulted in a deal. The...
- 1/11/2019
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
It is coincidental that just after the passing of R.A. Montgomery, co-founder of the 'Choose Your Own Adventure' books, that we are writing about a Kickstarter campaign to help fund a Choose Your Own Adventure Film Musical out of jolly ol' England! Montgomery's legacy shall live on... line! On-line! In a short film format. The project is an ambitious one called Altern-i-Life, created by filmmaker Theo Davies and composer Joss Holden. And they seem to be headed in the right direction. The Kickstarter page describes the project as, "Imagine the cold feel of This is England and the absurdity of Hot Fuzz, mixed with the stylised and symmetrical world of Wez Anderson's Grand Budapest Hotel". All of this with a bevy of musical numbers, including one below...
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- 11/17/2014
- Screen Anarchy
R.A. Montgomery, the publisher and author who created the Choose Your Own Adventure series of children's books, died Sunday at his home in Vermont. He was 78 years old, and his cause of death is unknown. Montgomery co-founded Choose Your Own Adventure in the early '80s after stints at Columbia University, the Peace Corps, and Clark Abt Associates, a Massachusetts think tank; in all these stops, he explored the role-playing concepts that would form the heart of the Cyoa series. Breaking with publishing tradition, Montgomery allowed all the subsequent Choose Your Own Adventure authors to be credited under their own names. The 200-plus installments in the franchise have collectively sold over 250 million books, and 20th Century Fox is currently working on a film adaptation of the series. ...
- 11/14/2014
- by Nate Jones
- Vulture
Author R.A. Montgomery -- founder of the "Choose Your Own Adventure" book series -- has died.If you'd like to know more about his death ... go to paragraph 2. If you'd like to learn the author's history ... go to paragraph 3.Montgomery passed away at his home in Vermont last Sunday. His family hasn't released the cause of death.The author created the series in the '70s and more than 200 "Cyoa" titles were eventually published. It's...
- 11/14/2014
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
After delivering last year's comedy hit We're the Millers, director Rawson Thurber Marshall is heading towards adventure for his next project. We already learned last June that 20th Century Fox was looking to bring the flare of Edward Packard and R.A. Montgomery's Choose Your Own Adventure series to the big screen with 180 titles to draw from for inspiration. Now THR has word that Thurber will direct the adaptation, and Fox's Night at the Museum writing duo Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant in final negotiations to write the film. But the question still remains, just how will a film will adapt the books? Well, it's still not clear just how Lennon and Garant will adapt the material, but we hope it incorporates a variety of different settings. After all, the books catered to all different genres from adventures to mysteries in various locations from Earth to outer space, and...
- 1/29/2014
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Last June, 20th Century Fox and Chronicle producer John Davis, clearly fuelled by nostalgia and the prospect of a new franchise, bought up the rights to adapt the Choose Your Own Adventure book series. The studio has now moved ahead with the idea, hiring We’re The Millers director Rawson Marshall Thurber to direct.In addition to locking in someone to call the shots, Fox is hoping to hand scripting duties to two veteran family film scribblers, with Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant – who have written both of the company’s massive Night At The Museum films and were involved in the third, due to shoot in London soon – in negotiations.Despite The Hollywood Reporter ferreting out the deal information, no details have leaked as to the story focus. Given that the books – originally created by Edward Packard and R.A. Montgomery – span a variety of genres from Western to...
- 1/28/2014
- EmpireOnline
Fans of the classic "Choose Your Own Adventure" books -- as well as anyone who's tired of leaving characters' fate in the hands of filmmakers -- are in luck. Twentieth Century Fox has acquired movie rights to the series and is currently developing a strategy to present the interactive stories across platforms.
What exactly that will look like is yet to be determined, according to The Hollywood Reporter. But, at least in some regard, the new venture will remain faithful to the original works, as publisher R.A. Montgomery and his wife will serve as executive producers.
Fox is reportedly aiming to foster an action-adventure franchise based on what sources say is a seven-figure deal that's been gestating for about a decade. John Davis ("Dr. Dolittle," "I, Robot") and John Fox ("Date Night," "We Bought A Zoo") of Davis Entertainment will lead the charge as producers.
The book series, originally created for 10- to 14-year-olds,...
What exactly that will look like is yet to be determined, according to The Hollywood Reporter. But, at least in some regard, the new venture will remain faithful to the original works, as publisher R.A. Montgomery and his wife will serve as executive producers.
Fox is reportedly aiming to foster an action-adventure franchise based on what sources say is a seven-figure deal that's been gestating for about a decade. John Davis ("Dr. Dolittle," "I, Robot") and John Fox ("Date Night," "We Bought A Zoo") of Davis Entertainment will lead the charge as producers.
The book series, originally created for 10- to 14-year-olds,...
- 6/12/2013
- by Matthew Jacobs
- Huffington Post
Here's some more established intellectual property for the big screen that's a bit perplexing. back in the 80s and throughout the 90s, there was a line of books called Choose Your Own Adventure, which self-references the premise of the 180 titles that were crafted by Edward Packard and R.A. Montgomery. The books contained a variety of different adventures and mysteries in various locations from Earth to outer space, and time periods from the Wild West to the distant future. But the reader was able to choose their own path, given several options to continue a story. Now 20th Century Fox has landed the rights to the series with an eye towards developing a crossplatform film that will hit with audiences of all types. Read on! THR says John Davis and John Fox of Davis Entertainment, who recently produced Chronicle and also older favorites like Predator, will produce the film, which they...
- 6/11/2013
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
1. You learn that 20th Century Fox and Chronicle producer John Davis want to turn the 1980s Choose Your Own Adventures books into a film. If you think this sounds like a decent idea, go to 3. If you hate the idea, head for 2.2. Since you have no interest, this is where your news story ends.3. You continue reading, finding out that Fox and Davis Entertainment have bought up the rights from one of the original creators, R.A. Montgomery, planning to churn out various films, TV series and probably video games from the concept of books where you got to choose how things played out. If you wish to know more, go to 5. To forget it, and think about purchasing tickets for Man Of Steel, read 4.4. You attempt to buy tickets for the new Superman film but are eaten by a ravenous Michael “I Will Find Him!” Shannon. Your adventure ends here.
- 6/11/2013
- EmpireOnline
Adapting seemingly un-adaptable properties into feature films is an ongoing Hollywood trend, with everyone from Grumpy Cat to the Angry Birds getting a movie deal in recent months. And now 20th Century Fox has just announced it's acquired the rights to the "Choose Your Own Adventure" book series, with plans to produce what the Hollywood Reporter calls "a crossplatform four-quadrant action-adventure franchise."
But just how the studio will do so is anyone's guess. As the series' name implies, the books were unique in that the reader chose which plotline the story would follow, taking an active role in the tale's outcome. If they didn't like it, they could go back and choose a different pathway with a different ending.
Seeing as how no one story in the series had any singular plotline, it remains to be seen how Fox will produce a coherent adaptation of the series, which covered multiple genres -- action,...
But just how the studio will do so is anyone's guess. As the series' name implies, the books were unique in that the reader chose which plotline the story would follow, taking an active role in the tale's outcome. If they didn't like it, they could go back and choose a different pathway with a different ending.
Seeing as how no one story in the series had any singular plotline, it remains to be seen how Fox will produce a coherent adaptation of the series, which covered multiple genres -- action,...
- 6/11/2013
- by Katie Roberts
- Moviefone
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