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Gilamon asked in Entertainment & MusicMovies · 2 years ago

What if William Shatner sued for the use of his "face" in the original 1978 Halloween?

What would have happened to the Halloween movie franchise if at the release of 1978 Halloween William Shatner sued the movie's producers for using his Captain Kirk face.

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  • Anonymous
    2 years ago
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    It would have been thrown out of court. The manufacturer of the mask might have had a chance at a case, but not Shatner himself since the mask was a commercial product sold in stores.

  • 2 years ago

    Had he won the suit, producers would have to use a different design for Michael's mask.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    They may of tried to come to some kind of agreement and paid Shatner for using that particular mask or something but im sure either way theyd of came up with some kinda arrangement

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    they would have reshot it using something else

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