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Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino is moving forward with the sale of his Pulp Fiction screenplay as non-fungible tokens (NFT) despite a pending lawsuit from the film’s producer Miramax. The film distributor believes that it ‘holds the rights needed to develop, market, and sell NFTs relating to its deep film library,’ and not Tarantino who only owns the screenplay.
Quentin Tarantino to Proceed with "Pulp Fiction" NFTs
Following Tarantino’s announcement, American entertainment giant Miramax, which produced the film, filed a lawsuit against Tarantino, claiming breach of contract and various intellectual property violations. While there will be a hearing for both sides of the party in February, Tarantino and his partner SCRT Labs, the creator of a privacy-focused blockchain announced Wednesday that the project will be released after all.
The seven-chapter NFT auction is set to take place between January 17 and January 31 with each chapter containing different bonus scenes. The scenes are not actual video clips of the film’s final cut but images of the screenplay’s handwritten text accompanied by Tarantino’s voiceover.
Miramax’s representative has now clarified that Tarantino’s legal team has not won the lawsuit and that legal action is still pending. In fact, a statement was released earlier yesterday that said:
“Any claim that Tarantino has ‘defeated’ this lawsuit is verifiably false as Miramax’s claims and the litigation remains pending. There’s been no attempt to dismiss any of Miramax’s claims by Tarantino’s team, nor have they filed any counter claims or motions against Miramax, and since Miramax filed its lawsuit, the promotional website and Twitter account for the proposed sale have scaled back the unauthorized use of imagery from Miramax films (including Pulp Fiction). For anyone to presume Tarantino victorious at this time by merely filing his response to the complaint is inaccurate, misleading and premature to say the least.”