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Is this an official entry in the Pink Panther series?

posted 21 years ago by [email protected]
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I was wondering if this was an official Panther movie. People say it is unofficial as it had no Peter Sellers, no Blake Edwards and no characters from the other movies apart from Clouseau himself. The screenplay was written by Frank and Tom Waldman though, and the animated titles were done by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises. Aside from those things, there's nothing to connect the movies together. I want to know if this was an official entry and that the bulk of the crew of the other movies just turned it down or if it was a Casino Royale or Never Say Never Again ripoff.

[–] ContinentalOp 14 years ago

''I want to know if this was an official entry and that the bulk of the crew of the other movies just turned it down or if it was a Casino Royale or Never Say Never Again ripoff.''

How many times do I have to tell people, those Bond films are OFFICIAL adaptations because they are fully licensed by the Ian Fleming estate. EoN do not own Bond and never have, they just bought rights to make some of the films (not 'Casino Royale' as that was bought by another company. 'Thunderball' BY McClory, who made 'Never Say Never Again' based on it).

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[–] bozo_500 (13242) 2 years ago

it'll be interesting to see what happens when the rights to the Bond novels go public domain. Wonder if then any studio can make a Bond film not just ultra exclusive Eon ?