Lunak Heavy Industries (UK) Ltd & anr (appellants) v Tyburn Film Productions Ltd (respondent)
Wednesday 3 December 2025
By Appellant’s Notice filed on 30 September 2024, the Appellant (the Fourth and Fifth Defendants below) appeal the Order of Tom Mitcheson KC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge), dated 9 October 2024, following hand down of his judgment of 9 September 2024.
The claim relates to the film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (“Rogue One”). Rogue One was produced by the Fourth Defendant in this action, a special purpose vehicle owned by the Disney group of companies, using intellectual property relating to the Star Wars series of films owned by the Fifth Defendant. The Fourth and Fifth Defendants in this action are the Appellants in this application.
The dispute relates to the use of special effects by the Fourth Defendant to recreate Peter Cushing, a well-known actor who died in 1994, as Grand Moff Tarkin in Rogue One, altering the appearance of an actor who played the part.
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