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'Cowboys & Aliens' studios sued by comic creator
Published Friday, Dec 2 2011, 16:36 GMT | By Mark Langshaw | Add comment
The comic creator claims that the Jon Favreau movie infringes on his strip 'Cowboys and Aliens', which appeared in Bizarre Fantasy #1 in 1994.
TMZ reports that Busti's story was spotlighted in a 1995 issue of Comic Shop News on the same page that ran a story about Platinum's Scott Mitchell Rosenberg. The studio executive later presented the Cowboys & Aliens concept to the studio.
Platinum produced a Cowboys & Aliens poster in 1997 and sold the rights to the property to Universal and Dreamworks. It did not appear in graphic novel form until 2006.
Cowboys & Aliens, which starred Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig, was released worldwide in August. The film received mixed reviews and took just over $100 million at the box office.
The film is released on DVD and Blu-ray on December 26.
> Harrison Ford: 'I didn't get Cowboys & Aliens script'
Watch Digital Spy's full interview with Harrison Ford below:
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