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Why is Warren Beatty so clingy with the film and TV rights to Dick Tracy?

posted 4 years ago by TMC-4 (19392)
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This is partially why, there haven't been much traction on any sort of Dick Tracy multimedia since 1990. Bruce Campbell apparently, wanted to make a Dick Tracy TV series but he couldn't because of Warren Beatty (who as I said, owned the rights, wouldn't grant the TV project his blessing).

https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/bruce-campbell-wanted-to-make-a-dick-tracy-tv-series/

And of course, Beatty does that bizarre "one-shot" TV special on Turner Classic Movies, where he is interviewed by Leonard Maltin while in character as Dick Tracy. It was presumably done so that Beatty could hold onto the rights.

https://comicsalliance.com/2008-dick-tracy-tv-special/

I think that at this point, it's quite apparent that Warren Beatty is never going to get a second Dick Tracy movie off the the ground. I honestly believe that Beatty in his heart, thinks that as long as he's still living and breathing (Warren Beatty as I write this, is 83 years old), he should be the only actor who should be allowed to play Dick Tracy. That is probably why he didn't go along with Bruce Campbell's TV plan.

[–] PaladinNJ (20308) 4 years ago

That's lousy news. There's so much potential in this character but Beatty can't pull this off anymore. Surprised Gould's estate didn't put an expiration on the deal.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Terrible deal.

I think an original tv series could work.

[–] AP (5256) 4 years ago

I thought there just hasn’t been interest in the project. Wow.

[–] NotoriousRio (12927) 4 years ago

That TV special really was odd, it’s a shame Beatty is so possessive over his Dick, I wish he’d share it with the rest of us. 🙃

[–] PaladinNJ (20308) 4 years ago

LOL

[–] TMC-4 (19392) a year ago

A mysterious Dick Tracy TV special is airing on TCM tomorrow night - possibly another Warren Beaty stunt to retain the rights:
https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/10y7li4/a_mysterious_dick_tracy_tv_special_is_airing_on/

It appears he's doing it again:
https://twitter.com/WillSloanEsq/status/1623771295438499840?t=2Zhqq84GehngpT7bTopu4A&s=19

[–] Bossdog677 (1448) a year ago

We need a new Dick Tracy video game

[–] whynotwriteme (7114) a year ago

It was probably his favorite comic strip when he was a kid back in the early 1940s and he just cannot bear to see a modern Woke reboot with a black dude as Dick Tracy, or a female version, Beaver Tracy.