Evil Dead
Enemy of the Gospel
now you guys are coming around......
I gave the perfect example in my first post.
A Nightmare on Elm St. was written by Wes Craven.............he didn't want any sequels made. When New Line Cinema bought the script A Nightmare on Elm St. it included everything in the script......the characters (Freddy Krueger) and the name "A Nightmare on Elm St. They then went on to make 5 sequels. The franchise was failing horribly so Wes Craven agreed to write the script for the seventh movie in attempt to save his creation..................
Bottom line.......Warner Bros. owns Neo, Morpheus, Trinity, Cypher, Niobe, Ghost and all other characters. Warner Bros. owns the rights to the Matrix name and the concept as depicted in the first movie (they bought the rights to the script which outlined the entire premise)..........They can make as many sequels as they wish with or without the Wachowski Bros. The only credit the Wachowski Bros. are entitled to recieve are "concept and/or characters created by"........Warner Bros. in no way shape or form need their permission. If they are completely generous they might even list the Wachowski Bros. as "executive producers" which is an honorary title which has nothing to do with the making of the movie.......it is a title basically saying, "this movie would not be possible had it not been for"........a perfect example of this is Kevin Smith being listed as executive producer of Good Will Hunting when he had nothing to do with it's creation. He never worked on the project at all........he didn't even work for the studio. All he did was convince the studio to look at the script by his buddies Affleck and Damon........therefore the movie would not have been possible without him so he received the credited title of executive producer.....even though he never once worked for the picture.