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'Superman' creator's estate is suing Warner Bros. over new movie


Superman creator Joseph Schuster's estate is reportedly suing Warner Bros. and DC Comics over the release of James Gunn's upcoming movie.

According to Deadline, the lawsuit claims that DC Studios does not have the proper rights to release the new film in selected “key territories” such as England, Canada, Ireland and Australia. Though Schuster and fellow Superman co-creator Jerome “Jerry” Siegel signed over worldwide rights to the character to DC Comics in 1938, the lawsuit claims international copyright law stipulates that “such assignments are automatically terminated 25 years after an author’s death”. After a new trailer aired on Sunday (January 26), showing Superman flying through frozen tundra, fans suggested that computer-generated imagery had been used to alter Corenswet’s face.

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