What contract license should be next? (read description)

[weirdproq]

With the Sony license almost being used up now (five more possible tables left [Johnny Mnemonic, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Hook, Wheel Of Fortune, and maybe Godzilla]), choose the next contract license you think Farsight should go after next. List of possible tables for each below.

Time Warner:
- Robocop
- Bugs Bunny's Birthday Ball
- Batman (Data East)
- Batman (Stern [The Dark Knight])
- Dirty Harry
- Demolition Man
- Giligan's Island
- Freddy: A Nightmare on Elm Street
- Stargate
- Tales From the Crypt
- Lethal Weapon 3
- Maverick
- Goldeneye
- Space Jam
- Twister
- Austin Powers
- Terminator 3
- Lord of the Rings
- The Sopranos

Universal Studios:
- Back to the Future
- The Shadow
- Waterworld
- Jurassic Park
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park
- Apollo 13

20th Century Fox:
- The Simpsons (Data East)
- The Simpsons Pinball Party
- Independence Day
- The X files
- Family Guy
- 24


double licenses:
- The Flintstones (with both Time Warner and Universal)
- Lost in Space (with Time Warner and 20th Century Fox)

I thought of including Viacom, since they both owned CBS and Paramount Pictures, but I found out they split and would have a lot of Marvel properties on the Paramount side of things, and a bunch of high cost stuff on the CBS side (Star Trek). The most noteworthy table of the classic 90's DMD era was just Congo really though on Paramount's side.

 

[Blkthorne]

The only problem is you only have the studios that own the movie/tv rights, Farsight would have to get them along with the studios that own the character's rights(ie Batman/Simpsons/Bond), plus the licenses of the actors/actresses(voice samples/likeness portrayed on table) in the shows, plus any music if used in the game. They would be better served just going for 1-2 titles and maybe doing a kickstarter for the somewhat modest licenses like Demolition Man.

 

[weirdproq]

The only problem is you only have the studios that own the movie/tv rights, Farsight would have to get them along with the studios that own the character's rights(ie Batman/Simpsons/Bond), plus the licenses of the actors/actresses(voice samples/likeness portrayed on table) in the shows, plus any music if used in the game. They would be better served just going for 1-2 titles and maybe doing a kickstarter for the somewhat modest licenses like Demolition Man.

Yeah, some of these tables might not be possible without a kickstarter. But, I think it might be possible that most of these could be done without a kickstarter. I mean, if Farsight was able to get Dracula, who knows what they can get. Also, Time Warner owns Warner Bros., which owns DC Comics, which owns the rights to the Batman character. I can only imagine that maybe the creators family is getting royalty checks for each new release, but I don't know.

 

[Blkthorne]

About the only ones I can see them getting without a Kickstarter would maybe be Stargate, Giligan's Island, The Shadow(sans Baldwin ), and slight chance for Freddy: Nightmare on Elm Street. Having Stern maybe taking care of some of the licenses already might help defer some costs but tables like The Simpsons I wonder if they even have the license anymore.

 

[weirdproq]

I think these tables would be possible without a kickstarter through contract deals:

- Robocop (There really is just the female actor likeness on there)
- Bugs Bunny's Birthday Ball
- Giligan's Island
- Freddy: A Nightmare on Elm Street (The series isn't as big as it once was, and the actors aren't that big or promanent)
- Stargate (ditto for this)
- Tales From the Crypt (Same as above, although there are a bunch of likenesses they are mostly only on the backglass. Maybe they could edit them like they did with Fester on The Addams Family)
- Lethal Weapon 3 (Same as Freddy, although Mel Gibson might be hard to get)
- Maverick (Same as Lethal Weapon 3, but possibly even tougher with the female actresses likeness, but I still think it might be possible since promince of both actors are down)
- Space Jam (Just need the likeness of Micheal Jordan. Don't know how tough that might be)
- Twister (I literally don't really know any of the Actors in this movie, other than maybe Bill Paxton. It seems as easy to get as Dracula, if not easier)
- Austin Powers (Easy, unless Mike Myers is going to ask for tons of money for no reason)
- Terminator 3 (They already have the license to use Arnie's likeness, and the license for the Terminator character.)
- The Shadow (I really don't think Alec Baldwin would be too much of a problem)
- Waterworld
- Jurassic Park* (Same as Freddy. The only problem I see is that there is a likeness of Steven Spielberg in the DMD animations for the pop bumpers. That could cause trouble)
- The Lost World (Same as Freddy)
- Apollo 13 (No Tom Hanks likeness, all other Actors aren't as prominent and are mainly on the backglass)
- The Simpsons and Pinball Party* (No likenesses. Voice actors might not be too hard to get. Although I heard that Zen Studios had trouble with getting the license. Maybe that's due to EA owning rights to make video games based on The Simpsons with a contract)
- The X Files (It had a slight comeback, but the actors haven't really been prominent since the show ended)
- Family Guy (Same as Simpsons, but without the [possible] hassle of EA)

The Flintstones and Lost in Space I think would be possible if they have both film studios' licenses at the same time, but who knows.

* These may be the toughest ones to get or might require a kickstarter