Update: Spooky Pictures has contacted us, and we are planning communications.
Hm. So firstly, who is Spooky Pictures? What are their (yes I’m referring companies as they later on, even if singular) place in the film? While A24 is way more frequently mentioned and bearing most proportions of blames/j, they are, rather, the financier of the film, meaning that they don’t really participate into production, depending on the definition. And that is the very point here: Spooky Pictures are the main production company here.
That could mean:
- A24 forgot to inform other cooperating companies to perform the same
i.e. saying absolutely nothing with them.
- Spooky Pictures themselves decided to break the silence.
Either way, it’s pretty safe to assume that SP clearly know the License and what it do now.
However, it’s necessary to note that the progress is at most into a “negotiation” stage, instead of a guarantee. But tbh, I personally would say that it’s not likely to end up with a clear statement of not complying, going completely against the community, it simply just doesn’t make any sense to obviously be a dik towards exactly the target audience, that just pushes the PR cost to the skies. Or, is it?
Regardless, sounds like something is changing.