The storyline reminds me somewhat of the earlier made movie Deliverance.
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Apple TV Pulls 'The Hunt' Show Over Plagiarism Claims
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Never fails that this ridiculous comment will appear in most Apple discussions.
Because we all know Apple pulled software engineers from iWork and hardware engineers from iPhone/iPad development and transferred them to Apple TV to work as directors, set designers, writers and the like. 🙄
Pretty sure the trope of one group of people attacking another with a revenge theme is pretty standard for filmmaking...
I didn’t know or care about this show, but I don’t like being told I can’t watch it.
I think you might be confusing copright with patents.
Copyrights last for the life of the author/creator plus an additional 70 years. We can thank Disney for this. It's why Steamboat Willie (released Nov. 1928) didn't enter the public domain until Dec 2023.
I remember watching “Shoot” on TV in New Zealand back in the late 70s or early 80s, it left an impression on me, one of those movies you remember bits of.
I watched it on YouTube again last night to confirm it’s the movie of my distant memories, it was, although it must have been heavily cut for tv. To be honest it’s a pretty crap movie, hopefully we get to see the much improved Apple version at some stage.
I watched it on YouTube again last night to confirm it’s the movie of my distant memories, it was, although it must have been heavily cut for tv. To be honest it’s a pretty crap movie, hopefully we get to see the much improved Apple version at some stage.
The main actor, Benoit Magimel, is one of the worst actors here in France, so it's probably for the best.
Conversely, you'd think they can afford to buy the rights where needed.
More to the point, that "intellectual property" laws did not exist when Shakespeare was alive, otherwise he would be getting sued constantly for copyright infringement -- half his plays were adapted from one existing story or another. 500 years later no one remembers any of the work he "plagiarized" and Shakespeare himself is a legend. Revert to the original 14 year copyright laws -- by now the 1973 work would have long been in the public domain.
The Savant covers themes of domestic terrorism, extremism, political assassinations, etc. It was set to be released right around the time when an actual such event occurred in the US, so Apple likely didn’t want to court controversy or be seen to be profiting off that.
It’s reportedly just been postponed, not cancelled altogether.
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Most likely. But sometimes key people (director, lead actors, etc) have contracts that are tied to the success of the production. If the project is never released then they would likely miss out on some money.
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I took it as a comment on how this reflects on the priorities projected by Apple.
They choose to spend large sums of money on these productions while their software languishes or (for example) we can’t reliably place a cursor where I want using my finger due to auto-select on the screen of a device meant to be used with a finger. Nothing ridiculous about that particular comment.
Assuming they meant engineers were pulled into TV/movie production, OTOH …
The production company is supposed to secure all the necessary rights, not the distributor.
Hopefully. The Savant is still listed as "Coming Soon" in the Apple TV interface.
Unlike The Hunt - which seems to have been deleted entirely.