Veteran actor Warren Beatty had recently won his DICK TRACY lawsuit against Tribune Co., and now he's game for further crime-fighting adventure.
The first DICK TRACY is released in 1990 which starred Beatty as the titular character, Al Pacino, Madonna and Dustin Hoffman. Despite the massive hype, the movie is considered as a box-office disappointment and sequel plans are halted because of the lawsuit issue.
Beatty's lawyer, Chuck Sherpard, told TheWrap recently on Friday that, "Warren's goal is to do another major Dick Tracy project."
He also added:
"The grant said that as long as Warren continued to make Dick Tracy programs, he would be able to keep the rights," Shephard explained. "If a period of time went by without him doing Dick Tracy programs, then Tribune could give him a notice giving him two more years within which to start a project ... or he would lose the rights."
Now that Beatty owned the copyright, it remains unclear whether he's going to develop the new DICK TRACY movie in a sequel form or a TV series based upon the character.