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 ...

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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 ...

Peter Cushing Hammer film Fear In The Night is set to come to 4K for the very first time, courtesy of the folks at STUDIOCANAL. The Collector’s Edition includes a new 4K restoration on both UHD and ...

According to the legal team representing Tyburn, Cushing made the deal with them due to a situation with a TV movie that Cushing was going to do with the studio until the project fell apart. Tyburn’s ...

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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 ...

Film producer Kevin Francis is suing Lucasfilm (and, by proxy, Disney) over the reproduction of Peter Cushing’s image in Star Wars: A Rogue One Story. In the film, the deceased actor was digitally ...