A controversial movie featuring comedian Melissa McCarthy win a federal lawsuit. The folks at Sesame Workshop filed a federal lawsuit against STX Films, movie director Brian Henson and producer Todd Berger for copyright infringement.
The movie features a puppet named Phil Phillips and he is partnered with Connie Edwards (played by McCarthy). They are trying to find a serial killer who targeted Phil's brother and plots revenge against The Happytime Gang, a 1980s television series.
The tag line: No Sesame. All Street. brought a federal lawsuit.
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The movie is rated R and the cast and movie director expressed that the movie won't tarnish Sesame Street.
The judge sided with STX films and granted the movie to go forth.
"We fluffing love Sesame Street and we're obviously very pleased that the ruling reinforced what STX's intention was from the very beginning — to honor the heritage of The Jim Henson Company's previous award-winning creations while drawing a clear distinction between any Muppets or Sesame Street characters and the new world Brian Henson and team created. We believe we accomplished that with the very straightforward NO SESAME, ALL STREET tagline. We look forward to continued happytimes as we prepare to release Happytime Murders this summer.
The movie is slated for an August release.
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