TNT president Kevin Reilly has opened up on the “complicated” rights issue, which resulted in the network cancelling the Tales From the Crypt reboot before its scheduled 2017 premiere, per Deadline:
“The underlying rights to the classic, vintage property are complicated. … TNT and others have been pursuing a solution for more than a year, with significant progress being made. We look forward to the potential for further active development of this valuable franchise once the clearance process is fully resolved.”
Further explaining the complications behind the property, Reilly noted that the network could try to resurrect Tales From the Crypt again, if and when the legal issues are resolved:
“It’s been fun with lawyers, it’s been really fun. We did not know from the get-go or else we would not have announced it and made a big deal out of it. But in fact there were rights. It is among the most — if not the most — complicated rights structure I’ve ever seen in my career, and we had no idea as we got into it. It became a nightmare. So we said, ‘Fine.’ If and when this gets cleaned up, we’ll revisit.”
Do you hope TNT revisits Tales From the Crypt in future years, or should it be left well alone?
russell says
yes
Marsha says
Yes. Definitely resurrect.