Originally Posted By mousieblonde I just received a notice from a pal that Tim Burton and Disney had a problem with rights to NBX and after this year there will no longer be any items sold at the Disney parks or online through Disneyshopping. Below is a bit of what I was written. Does anyone know if this is going around anywhere else? ..... After this season, Disneyland will no longer be allowed to sell or have anything to do with Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas in any of the Disney parks. Tim Burton felt "threatened" that new Disney CEO's [who shall remain nameless] where attempting to steal the rights of The Nightmare Before Christmas away from him. So Tim Burton took Disney to court, with a strong lawsuit, and walked out of court with all of the rights to the beloved film. Now Tim Burton is removing all Nightmare products and merchandise from the Disney Parks. This includes The Haunted Mansion Holiday.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Hmmmmm... I just Googled this all up and down and came up with nothing. Did your pal name the source of the info?
Originally Posted By mousieblonde No, but dummy me didn't ask at the time. I will see what I can find out and post it as soon as I can.
Originally Posted By mousieblonde Well, I did receive a little info from Neca (distributor) and they say they have not heard anything about this and that Disney owns the licensing for the products. So, I apologize in advance if this turns out to be just a marketing ploy on the e-mail that I received and that I didn't check into before posting.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 This sounds like the rumor that's been going around for a while now. I seriously doubt any of it is true. Especially about the whole "lawsuit" thing, as we would have heard that by now. If anything, it appears that the license is stronger than ever, and with the relase of the film on 3D, I doubt Tim Burton is very unhappy...
Originally Posted By DlandDug This is strictly an old urban legend with some new language thrown in. As far as I know, Disney owns the rights to Tim Burtons' The Nightmare Before Christmas. Tim Burton was an enthusiatic participant at the opening for NBC 3D at the Disney owned El Capitan Theatre just a few weeks ago. He was at the after party, talking with John Lassiter and other Disney executives. If there was any lawsuit, it would have had to have happened awfully fast.
Originally Posted By mousieblonde DlandDug... Thank you thank you thank you!! I was getting a bit sad thinking there would be no more NBC at Disney. Glad to see it is just a rumor!
Originally Posted By netenyahoo Disney has already scheduled the movie for re-release next year again in 3D. I think this is just a weird rumor that wont go away.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Cool... I'd never heard the rumor/legend before, re: the rights/lawsuit, etc., though the one about Haunted Mansion Holiday going away comes up pretty much every season. We can always count on the folks-in-the-know here! Can't wait to see NBC in 3D... NEAT!
Originally Posted By mousefun Oh, please. This rumor is the same every year. Why would Burton think about this IF Burton was just doing interviews for NBC 3-D in major publications just weeks ago? This story is front page LA TIMES. I read it every day. Never read about this ever, except from gossipy topics like this. It's false, move on.
Originally Posted By Westsider Seriously, how long do we have to put up with this fake rumor? It's been going for 5 years now, and each year it gets tweaked a bit and thrown back out there on some message board. If there really was such a high-profile legal case like Burton Vs. Disney, don't you think maybe some newspaper would have picked up on it? If you can't get a single shred of info on such a high profile celebrity court case in a 4 second search on Google, that's a pretty good indication you've got a bum rumor. In fact, the same bum rumor that's been going around since 2001. How about we start a rumor about how drinking Coke and eating Pop Rocks at the same time makes your stomach explode all over the Junior High cafeteria? It doesn't have a Disneyland tie-in, but at least it's a little more believable than this old Tim Burton line.
Originally Posted By Kane22 I agree with DlandDug, BlueOhanaTerror, & Mousefun 100%. Why would Tim Burton do such a thing & besides I heard of this rumor before & its pulling my hair out! Plus Disney has big plans for Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas, I heard that next year at Disney-MGM Studios Disney will actually do something like Horror Nights over at Universal called Jack's Halloween Party sounds intersting & rumor says it that WDW is soon to have a NMBC attraction. So if this is true Tim Burton is certainly is throwing alot away!
Originally Posted By mousefun Cool! So, now that we know this rumor is false, please, let's close out topic here and now. Nothing new to report here, move on. TOPIC CLOSED BY MOUSEFUN
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub I would love to walk thru Christmas Town. Whats this? There's magic in the air...
