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Tara Reid sues Sharknado producers for 100 million

Started by lester1/2jr, December 08, 2018, 10:41:32 AM

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lester1/2jr

https://people.com/tv/tara-reid-suing-sharknado-producers-100-million/?utm_campaign=peoplemagazine&xid=socialflow_twitter_peoplemag&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social


QuoteThe star of the Syfy movie franchise is accusing the producers of the films of misappropriating her likeness and image "for a commercial purpose without her consent," including slot machines and alcoholic beverages...She is now suing Asylum Entertainment and SYFY Media Productions for $100 million in damages.


Quotethe defendants made "millions of dollars in profits ... from the marketing, sale, lease, and distribution of Sharknado slot machines bearing the likeness of Plaintiff Tara Reid




this is the Tara Reid one




Alex

She'll need more than that to buy a part in a decent movie.
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lester1/2jr

did you ever see Devil's Pond? but yeah she's jumped the shark no pun intended

Svengoolie 3

Hey, Hwood is so damn serious about defending their copyright yet for years ignored the fact it was making tons of money off actors and not paying them a cent for it, like the cast of happy days sued over casino slot machines with their faces on them and no payments for it.

If she wins i think the money should be taken from her and put into education tho, in order to try to offset some of the damage to america's intelligence the sharknado movies did.
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FatFreddysCat

Wait... there were Sharknado branded alcoholic beverages?
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BoyScoutKevin

Not too bright, but what can you expect from someone who makes a series of films called Sharknado. My guess is that at the end of the day both parties will settle for something under $100 million.

Trevor

Considering the budget of most Asylum films, I don't think they could pay even a quarter of that $$$  :buggedout:
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Archivist

It's all a part of the legal negotiation tactics. Start big, settle for less. The case is just bizarre, though. Sharknado machines??
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Svengoolie 3

Good god I just had a horrifying thought!  How long before america is su dumbed down movies like snarknado get even stupider parodies of them made?!?!
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FatFreddysCat

Quote from: Svengoolie 3 on December 28, 2018, 07:05:06 AM
Good god I just had a horrifying thought!  How long before america is su dumbed down movies like snarknado get even stupider parodies of them made?!?!

It's already happening.
I present Exhibit A: "Piranha Sharks" from 2016
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3400060/

Note the "Sharknado" esque poster/cover art and the tag line "People Love Sharks!"
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lester1/2jr

human-nado = sharks are attacked by swimming swirls of people in the water

GoHawks

Re Svengoolie 3 and FatFreddysCat:

Sharks, like dinosaurs, sell.  With the advent of cheap crappy-looking inexpensive CGI and the glut of slimy sleazy entrepreneurial producers willing to exploit them, I'm surprised there aren't more of these types of movies.

Here is a short list of shark-themed movies I just created that are currently available to me on-demand via my cable company:

Atomic Shark (2016)
Bait (2013)
Dam Sharks (2016)
Nightmare Shark (2018)
Open Water 3: Cage Dive (2017)
Santa Jaws (2018)
3-Headed Shark Attack (2016)
5-Headed Shark Attack (2017)
6-Headed Shark Attack (2018)
Roboshark (2015)
Empire of the Sharks (2017)
Trailer Park Shark (2017)
Ice Sharks (2016)
Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda (2014)
Planet of the Sharks (2016)
Toxic Shark (2017)
Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre (2016)
Sharktopus vs. Whalewolf (2015)
Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (2009)
Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus (2010)
Avalanche Sharks (2015)
Mega Shark vs Kolossus (2015)
Mega Shark vs Mecha Shark (2014)
Land Shark (2015)
Psycho Shark (2009)
Raiders of the Lost Shark (2013)
Sharkenstein (2015)

(Dis-)Honorable Mentions - Not shark-related, but in the same vein as the above:
Piranhaconda (2012)
Lavalantula (2015)
2 Lava 2 Lantula (2016)

I leave it up to the reader to determine which are godawful parodies of godawful films, and which are just godawful films in their own right.  (I have never watched, nor ever wanted to watch, any of the "films" on this list.  Who knows?  Maybe some of these actually are good!  :lookingup: )
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Archivist

That list is... disturbing. Funny, and yet still disturbing. Who on Earth are making these things, and what were they smoking??
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