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Part of this was because of necessity – Disney actually copyrighted the small, cymbal-playing monkey because the toy makes an appearance in Pixar’s “Toy Story 3.” Perkins’ monkey instead ...

But Perkins couldn’t have them because apparently Disney had copyrighted a monkey playing cymbals for “Toy Story 3.” “They own Darth Vader and they own the cymbals,” Perkins says.

Due to copyright issues, where Disney possesses rights to the cymbal-playing monkey from Toy Story 3, the filmmakers had to change this aspect. In the film, the toy beats a drum to an unusual tune ...

This difference is due to Disney owning the rights of the cymbal-banging monkey who appeared in Toy Story 3. “I Took Liberties Like A Motherf**ker”: The Monkey Director Reveals Why He Turned A ...

However, there’s a good reason for this: Disney owns the copyright on the cymbal monkey design. Because that design was used in Toy Story 3, Perkins was told he had to work around it.

Directed by Longlegs filmmaker Osgood Perkins, adapting a short story by Stephen King, The Monkey follows twin brothers as their world is turned upside when a cursed toy monkey comes into their lives.

Because Disney owns rights to the cymbal-playing monkey thanks to a cameo in Toy Story 3 (2010), The Monkey’s monkey features a drumming gadget (which inevitably evokes Günter Grass’s The Tin Drum and ...

This monkey plays a drum because the crashing cymbals were trademarked by The Walt Disney Company in 2010 for a character in “Toy Story 3,” and anything that looked too close would be ...

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