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Leisure information web site Deadline reported on Friday that London-based distributor Celsius Leisure has accused the Chinese language streaming platform iQIYI with streaming Chan-wook Park‘s dwell motion Outdated boy movie for at the least six years with out permission.
Deadline said legal professionals for Celsius Leisure and Outdated boy producer Egg motion pictures had contacted iQIYI in a authorized letter in August 2023 to accuse iQIYI of streaming the movie for years afterward IQIYI‘s license for the movie expired in 2016.
In line with Deadline’s report, Celsius Leisure requested for compensation in a “low six-figure” vary in US {dollars}. Deadline added that in response to its sources: iQIYI eliminated the movie inside three days of receiving the authorized discover, however has not but paid any compensation.
from Baidu iQIYI streaming service was based in 2010 and has greater than 100 million subscribers. The streamer additionally streams anime in Southeast Asia.
Park’s critically acclaimed movie relies on Garon Tsuchiya And Nobuaki Minegishi‘S Outdated boy manga. Darkish horse publishes the manga in English.
Park was the director of the unique movie adaptation and co-wrote the script. The manga and Korean movie additionally impressed Spike Lee’s 2013 Hollywood remake.
The Korean movie returned to theaters in 2023 for its twentieth anniversary, incomes $878,212 in its first 5 days in america.
Park is presently creating a live-action English-language collection primarily based on his movie adaptation.
Supply: Deadline (Jake Kanter)
