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| *Spider Man: Spider-Man, a project dear to the heart of Titanic
director James Cameron, looks likely to remain tied up in legal wrangles
for some time to come. Marvel Entertainment Group's trustee in bankruptcy
has sued MGM, Sony Pictures, and Viacom, seeking an order establishing
Marvel as the sole holder of rights to the superhero. According to court
papers several studios claim the right to produce a Spider-Man feature
film through a series of agreements dating back to 1985.
But according to the lawsuit, these agreement expired and the rights reverted to Marvel. *Sandrews/New Line: Sandrews Metronome reaffirmed its six-year relationship with New Line by picking up all rights for Nordic territories to a package of 13 titles. Features include James Foley's the corrupter, Guiseppe Tornatore's Legend of the Pianist and Rand Ravich's The Astronaut's Wife. *Rialto: Federico Fellini's Nights of Cabiria, the film which won
the Academy Award for best foreign language feature in 1957, is to be re-released
in the US by
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