The use of actor Peter Cushing’s likeness in Rogue One, 22 years after his death, is being challenged legally by his friend, in a case which could impact how films use the images of deceased actors.

Here are the details of the case. Kevin Francis, an old friend of Peter Cushing, claims to have a signed agreement from Cushing in which “the actor agreed not to grant permission for anyone to ...

Disney subsidiary Lucasfilm is being sued over its recreation of Grand Moff Tarkin actor Peter Cushing's image in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. As reported by The Times, a friend of Cushing has ...

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Among literary figures whose adventures have been translated to the screen, none have appeared as often as Sherlock Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle’s pipe-smoking rationalist — the “consulting detective” ...

Peter Cushing as Victor Frankenstein, on a smokey blue and green background with flames leaping at the edges. Image by Zanda Rice A lot can be said about how desirability plays a role in the creature ...

In the 1999 book The New Jedi Order: Vector Prime by R. A. Salvatore, Han Solo’s faithful Wookiee partner, Rebel Alliance fixture, and big walking carpet Chewie bought the moisture farm. Not ...

The issue of recreating the likenesses of dead actors is certainly one that is on the minds of many in the entertainment industry. In the most recent Alien: Romulus movie, for instance, the digital ...