{"id":534166,"date":"2023-01-03T05:01:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T02:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ice-cube-vows-to-keep-fighting-for-friday-ownership-but-rules-out-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2023-01-03T05:01:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T02:01:09","slug":"ice-cube-vows-to-keep-fighting-for-friday-ownership-but-rules-out-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ice-cube-vows-to-keep-fighting-for-friday-ownership-but-rules-out-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ice Cube Vows To Keep Fighting For &#039;Friday&#039; Ownership &#8211; But Rules Out Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ab5629a5a2\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ab5629a5a2\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ice-cube-vows-to-keep-fighting-for-friday-ownership-but-rules-out-lawsuit\/#%E2%80%9CIce_Cube_Vows_To_Keep_Fighting_For_Friday_Ownership_%E2%80%93_But_Rules_Out_Lawsuit%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Ice Cube Vows To Keep Fighting For &#039;Friday&#039; Ownership &#8211; But Rules Out Lawsuit&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CIce_Cube_Vows_To_Keep_Fighting_For_Friday_Ownership_%E2%80%93_But_Rules_Out_Lawsuit%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Ice Cube Vows To Keep Fighting For &#039;Friday&#039; Ownership &#8211; But Rules Out Lawsuit&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"image large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hiphopdx.com\/2023\/01\/ice-cube-vows-to-keep-fighting-friday-ownership-1200x675.jpg\" alt=\"Ice Cube Vows To Keep Fighting For 'Friday' Ownership - But Rules Out Lawsuit\" class=\"large\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"news-caption\"><span>Scott Dudelson\/Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body-copy js-entry-text \" itemprop=\"articleBody\">Ice Cube has vowed to continue pushing to regain control of the\u00a0<em>Friday<\/em> franchise, even if he is unwilling to take his battle with Warner Bros. Studios to court.<\/p>\n<p>The r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er-turned-film executive spoke recently spoke with\u00a0a\u00a0<em>TMZ<\/em> reporter who sparked the conversation by asking if it was possible for Ice Cube to revive the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> under a different name. He reiterated as he\u2019s previously stated that Warner Bros. owns not only the name of the fan favorite franchise, but also the names of the characters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit200\" class=\"adUnits\" inserted=\"shortcode\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cYou gotta use the same [intellectual property],\u201d Cube stated. \u201cCan\u2019t call it <em>Saturday<\/em> without using Craig and Day-Day. So it\u2019s the same thing really.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While vowing to continue fighting for ownership of the series, for which he wrote each of the three screenplays, Ice Cube made it clear that he\u2019s not interested in entering into a legal battle with his former studio partners. What he is willing to do, however is \u201cconvince Warner Bros. that they\u2019re wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/share.tmz.com\/watch\/2022-12-21-122122-ice-cube-1535453-024\/\" width=\"560\" height=\"395\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ice Cube first confirmed that he was working on a fourth film in the collection, titled\u00a0<em>Last Friday<\/em>, during a late night interview in 2017. However, in the five plus years since, that film has yet to materialize.<\/p>\n<p>During a live taping of <em>Drink Champs<\/em> at the Rock The Bells festival in October, Cube explained that he has in fact presented two scripts to the studio, both of which were rejected.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit300\" class=\"adUnits\" inserted=\"shortcode\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m trying to get it out of Warner Brothers, they don\u2019t believe in the culture man,\u201d Cube<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G9mXEfHkt9w&amp;t=1776s\">,<\/a>\u00a0adding that the studio retains distribution rights for any sequels moving forward. \u201cI had two scripts. I wrote one; it was the shit. They was like, \u2018Yo, we don\u2019t want Craig and Day-Day in jail, \u2019cause Craig and Day-Day went to jail for selling weed before it was legal!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cThen after they rejected it they had all these fucking movies about going to jail:\u00a0<em>Orange Is The New Black \u2026<\/em>\u00a0<em>Get Hard.\u00a0<\/em>So then I wrote another script, and the script was really about \u2026 the youngsters in the hood having beef with the OG\u2019s in the hood and Craig has to come back and squash that because Smokey\u2019s son is the new Deebo and he\u2019s wylin!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cube went on to explain that the studio continued to delay approving his script ideas until both John Witherspoon and Tommy Lister Jr. died, which impacted his original vision for the fourth installment.<\/p>\n<p>In December, he told Mike Tyson that while he remains hopeful that Warner Bros. will eventually allow him to reclaim the\u00a0<em>Friday\u00a0<\/em>franchise, Ice Cube is not willing to buy the intellectual property back.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit400\" class=\"adUnits\" inserted=\"shortcode\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI ain\u2019t putting shit up for it. Fuck no,\u201d he said. \u201cThey need to give it to me, and they gon\u2019 make money. I\u2019m not about to pay for my own stuff, that\u2019s stupid \u2026 They need to do the right thing, get it to us, let us turn it into more money, and make the fans happy \u2026 We can do a lot with it.\u201d\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Tai Saint-Louis\">by Tai Saint-Louis<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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