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The director announced the project, which will include scenes from a script that were cut from the 1995 Oscar best picture nominee, earlier this month.

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00:00Miramax is suing Quentin Tarantino over plans to release NFTs based on his 1994 film Pulp Fiction.

00:07Tarantino announced plans earlier this month to release seven NFTs, non-fungible tokens,

00:12based on the film, including scenes from an early script that were cut from the final version.

00:17The NFTs will also contain Pulp Fiction art and commentary from Tarantino himself.

00:22Miramax filed a lawsuit and says it sent a cease and desist letter to the director

00:26claiming that it's in discussions about forging NFT partnerships based on its library of films

00:31and that Tarantino's agreement devalues those efforts.

00:34The lawsuit states Tarantino's conduct could mislead others into believing Miramax is involved in his

00:40venture and it could also mislead others into believing they have the rights to pursue similar

00:44deals or offerings when in fact Miramax holds the rights needed to develop, market and sell NFTs

00:50related to its deep film library. The Pulp Fiction NFTs would have a publicly viewable portion

00:56as well as content including the previously unseen script sections only visible to the owner.

01:01According to a copy of Tarantino's contract for Pulp Fiction, the director retained some rights to the

01:06film including soundtrack album, music publishing, live performance, print publication including

01:11without limitations, screenplay publication and so forth among others. Tarantino's attorney argued

01:16that the director was acting within his quote reserved rights, specifically the right to screenplay

01:21publication. Figuring out the limits on those reserved rights will be critical as

01:25NFTs were not something studios or filmmakers were thinking about in the early 90s.

01:30NFTs have become a hot commodity in Hollywood with stars and studios all vying for a piece of the pie.

01:36Warner Bros and Nifties is also launching an NFT avatar project based on the Matrix film franchise.

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