Take-Two denies it threatened suit over L.A. Noir TV show

Almost 3000 comments? What..

Did they press the Triangle Button to accuse him of lying?

TNT - we know drama

"The facts are that Take-Two reached out to [TNT parent company Turner Broadcasting System] to express concern over confusion between the properties and they responded that they had decided to change the title of the show independent of Take-Two?s concerns.? 

In legalese this means that they did contact them, most likely did threaten to sue, but Take-Two, in an attempt to save face has chosen to deny the accusations.  It's basically the equivalent to saying "We made them an offer they couldn't refuse."  

Yay drama! I mean this public stunt not the actual TV show coming out.

Seriously? All that to gain a bit of attention? Good of Take Two to be honest about it. 

I also have to wonder if Take-Two actually copyrighted/trademarked the name for use in TV, or just in video games.

"The facts are that Take-Two reached out to [TNT parent company Turner Broadcasting System] to express concern over confusion between the properties and they responded that they had decided to change the title of the show independent of Take-Two?s concerns.? 

Just contacting them about possible confusion implies a possible lawsuit in the future. 

Director plays L.A. Noire on PS3. Director suddenly gets "idea" for show. Take-two expresses concerns. Director automatically thinks "Oh shit, they caught me." Director tries to save skin.

i dont believe either of them. free publicity for both

They probably sent him something saying "we own the rights to that title and it's not freely available for use" and he translated that into "sue the sh*t out of me."

Take Two is lying.  "Contacting TNT parent company Turner Broadcasting" was you threatening to sue, and denying it is absolutely pathetic.

Wow Mr. Frank Darabont. congratulations, you just made yourself look like an ass :\

Honestly this makes more sense, i mean i doubt T2 would bother with such legal actions that require time and money since the show being named wouldn't be prejudicial for their game that came out two years ago, and i doubt they plan on making a sequel to it so.

Plus, many of us didn't know about that show, none of my friends also knew about it until now so i wouldn't be surprised if it were a marketing campaign strategy from Mr. Daraboont. 

It is a shame that he felt that he had to to this dirty job to get people to watch his show.

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T2 would stand to lose way more than Darabont by lying (as he could just produce evidence of any correspondence). So I'm really inclined to think Darabont is just blowing things WAY out of proportion, or someone at TNT/TurnerStuff did a terrible job communicating the situation to him, and he's just going off that alone. Either way, T2's version of the story seems likely to be the most accurate.

I wouldn't blame Take Two if they did threaten to sue. When I heard about the L.A. Noire TV show I thought for sure it was based on the game. And when I heard it was going to star the guy that played Shane on Walking Dead I thought "that dude is nothing like the guy in the game, but it should still be cool". Not sure if I'm interested in a show that's not based on the game though, 

Whether or not Take Two did threaten legal action, you shouldn't be naming your show after a video game, if you don't have the developers consent.

Of course they didn't make any threats. That's what the lawyers are for. To keep their hands clean.

Uh-oh. Who to believe? Where's the truth?! :P

busted!

1947? "L.A. Noir? Too much coincidence. Thats why they changed it before something happens.

I believe Take-two, only because I know how much drama hollywood likes to portray.

It wouldn't be surprising if they did. They've taken aggressive stances in the past before.

O.o here we go

lets see if this ends up a back and forth or they all just walk away

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 Clearly Darabont felt strong armed by Take2, whether or not they actually attempted to sue.

Take-Two don't be shy, say the truth out loud. No-one's gonna blame you anyway  :)

Well, this is an interesting twist.  It's a much more reasonable stance than bluntly trying to sue over a similar title.  Based on the rhetoric in the article, it doesn't sound like Take-Two did anything aggressive.  Now it seems more of a matter of who to believe:  PR teams who get paid to damage control, or the guy with the decidedly colorful way of saying legal action was threatened...

Personally, it's probably naive of me to think so, but I really want to believe Take-Two's explanation here.  Jumping right to suing is a jerk move, but I don't see anything wrong with discussing the similar titles to ensure fans can tell the two apart.

And the plot thickens :o

Tune in tomorrow--Same time; same place; same melodrama :P

Well the contacted TNT who probably forwarded the message Mr. Darabont. Whether it was said to TBS or Mr. Darabont, it still was said. I doubt Take-Two was expressing concern. I'm sure they said, "Change the name or we will sue your company." Take-Two is trying to act like they weren't the ones who initiated the bad news, but it seems like they were. No need to try and sugar coat it.

Ah ... fuc* that show and it's director Frank Darabont , Just R* and Cole Phelps ;)