WARNER BROS. SETTLES TATTOO ARTIST’S LAWSUIT

Warner Bros. said on Monday that it had “amicably resolved” — i.e., settled — tattoo artist S. Victor Whitmill’s lawsuit for using the tattoo he had created for Mike Tyson on Ed Helms’s face in The Hangover II. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. The studio had recently announced that it had decided to […]

WARNER BROS. DIGITALLY ALTERING HANGOVER TATTOO

TWarner Bros. has dodged the possibility of an injunction being granted to Mike Tyson’s tattoo artist that would delay the release of the home-video version of The Hangover: Part II. It said on Thursday that it will digitally alter the tattoo on Ed Helms’ face in the movie before it is released on DVD. Tattoo […]

JUDGE GIVES STUDIO TEMPORARY CURE FOR HANGOVER

Warner Bros. won the first round in the copyright battle over the use of Mike Tyson’s famous tattoo on one of the characters in The Hangover Part II, but it appeared almost certain that the studio will ultimately lose the legal fight. U.S. Judge Catherine D. Perry ruled in St. Louis that she would not […]