What just happened? The strange legal fight between Disney and a 1970s horror movie production company over the CGI recreation of Peter Cushing in 2016's Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has ended.

LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Disney (DIS.N), opens new tab unit Lucasfilm on Thursday won its bid to throw out a London lawsuit over the use of the likeness of a long-dead actor in a Star Wars spinoff ...

A legal claim over actor Peter Cushing’s resurrection through CGI in a Star Wars film has been thrown out by Court of Appeal judges. The film star, who died in 1994, made a starring role in 2016’s ...

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The film star, who died in 1994, made a starring role in 2016’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, chronicling the efforts of the Rebel Alliance to seize plans for Darth Vader’s iconic Death Star. During ...

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Things just got more complicated for The Walt Disney Company and Lucasfilm. This week, the legal saga over the digital “resurrection” of Peter Cushing, who was recreated via CGI as Grand Moff Tarkin ...

A legal claim over the "right to resurrect" actor Peter Cushing in a Star Wars film should be thrown out, the Court of Appeal has been told. Film company Tyburn Film Productions is taking legal action ...

EXCLUSIVE: John Gore Studios has acquired veteran UK genre producer Tyburn Film Productions Limited along with its film and television catalogue. Tyburn’s library includes classic horror and thriller ...