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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990
IN this case, its probably Paramount wanting an iconic "name" villain to help sell the movie. Which is funny, since they haven’t said who the villain is yet officially.
As for the stealing part, this happens all the time doesn’t it? New writers expanding on others characters or material. Also, the original writers who created the characters are dead im guessing....
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If you're hired to write an episode of television or a movie script, the production company/network owns the script. Period, end of story.
The studio can then exploit it (or not) without any further payment to the writer. If the script or film happens to air on television, the writer will receive residuals.
It is not "stealing" if a production company or studio, that owns the rights to a particular production, decides to reboot as a TV series or feature film.