Quentin Tarantino ‘Pulp Fiction’ NFTs Are Coming… With A Twist
Major players in traditional entertainment are engaging with NFTs. This week, famed director and writer Quentin Tarantino joins the ranks with an announcement of exclusive ‘Pulp Fiction’ NFTs. The NFTs are expected to be composed of never-before-seen footage from the hit film, released on The Secret Network blockchain. However, unlike most NFTs that have hit […]
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This is going to be interesting. Miramax sent a cease and desist letter to Quentin Tarantino and his team regarding the “Pulp Fiction” NFTs they’re looking to sell. Tarantino responded that he had the right to do so and kept on promoting them. Miramax sued. Just a month ago, the company was wishing Tarantino a happy birthday, and now here we are. And the show is just getting started. Related Reading | Bleeple’s “Human One,” A Sculpture + NFT Hybrid, Sold For $28.9M At Christie’s On the one hand, Miramax was “Pulp Fiction’s” production company and still holds the rights to the 1994....
Quentin Tarantino, the acclaimed film director, is being sued by Miramax, a Hollywood film producer and distributing company, due to the auction of a series of NFTs related to “Pulp Fiction,” one of the director’s most popular films. The conflict lies in the interpretation that Miramax makes from the initial contract between the parts, arguing that the sale of NFTs does not constitute a publication of any part of the script.
Miramax Sues Quentin Tarantino
Miramax, the Hollywood movie company, sued Quentin Tarantino, the acclaimed film director, for the....
The film production company behind Pulp Fiction called Quentin Tarantino’s plans to make NFTs based on the film a “deliberate, premeditated, short-term money grab.” Production company Miramax has filed a lawsuit accusing director Quentin Tarantino of copyright infringement for selling NFTs derived from his blockbuster 1994 film, Pulp Fiction. On Nov. 2, Tarantino announced he would be tokenizing seven uncut screenplay scenes for the critically-acclaimed film as nonfungible tokens in December 2021. The NFTs will be built on the Secret Network, a layer one blockchain. Each of the tokens....
The Miramax and Quentin Tarantino partnership has been incredibly successful over the years. It wasn’t logical for it to end over NFTs. Instead of fighting over scraps, the longtime partners decided to work together on future digital ventures. The two parties are once again on the same page, and the Pulp Fiction NFTs saga might’ve gotten a new chapter. A production company like Miramax needs a director like Tarantino and vice versa. Do they need The Secret Network, though? It’s unclear what will happen to the original Pulp Fiction NFTs that Tarantino produced in conjunction with The Secret....
In the end, Quentin Tarantino ’s “Pulp Fiction” NFT Collection collapsed under its own weight. Did Miramax’s lawyers scare them off? Or was there not sufficient interest in the collection by the buyers? Did the Secret Network have any technical problem that they’re not telling us about? Sadly, we can’t answer those questions at the moment. Something happened, though. We will present the facts and nothing but the facts so that each one can arrive at their own conclusions. As a reminder, in the collection’s official site they now describe the pieces as, “Each NFT in the collection consists....