CAYOM - New Franchise Rights Thread

[Alpha]

For the sake of convenience, I've started a new franchise rights thread for this new CAYOM reboot. Here are the old rules:

 

1. No claiming franchise rights for any property that's had a theatrical movie in the past five years.

2. Claiming franchise rights for a property with a future film scheduled is only allowed if you announce your intent in the Part 1 / Advance Schedule thread at least one year to the date before the real one comes out.
3. Some franchises are already owned by players from the old CAYOM. They have exclusive rights to make the films and decide on their own what to do with them. Make sure a franchise you want to adapt is not already owned by someone else, so be kind to ask first. Also, you can ask the owner of a franchise if he/she could sell it to you. If a franchise is owned by a player unlikely to return, you can ask others for permission to take over the rights. For Year 1, previously held franchise rights are reserved to those who had them in CAYOM 2.0, but if not claimed by the end of the first year they become available.
4. You own exclusive franchise rights to films you make up on your own.
5. Some franchises shouldn't be used altogether. Major classic franchises like Indiana Jones or Jurassic Park should be off-limits completely, and some franchises that suffered from overexposure in the old CAYOM should also be off-limits unless permission is granted.
6. You cannot reserve the rights to classic material in the public domain, like the Bible. You can still make films based off said material and the rights are reserved automatically to your particular interpretation, but others are equally free to make their own. Public domain material created by the internet still needs rights reserving.

 

4815162342:

• Dragon Age

• Pokémon *

• StarCraft

• Mass Effect *

• A Song of Ice & Fire (and all related materials)

• Pillars of Eternity *

• Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?

• Where's Waldo?

• Red Dead Redemption

• Baldur's Gate

• Until Dawn

• Jack Ryan

• The Outer Worlds

 

Alpha:

• Kane Chronicles

• Sonic the Hedgehog

• Amulet *

• Mortal Kombat

• Amnesia

• Fallout

• Sly Cooper

• Shenmue

• Night in the Woods

• Lord of the Flies *

• Wolfenstein

• Danger Mouse

• The Sims

• Escape to Witch Mountain

• The Christmas Tree

• Polybius (urban legend)

• 'Mars' trilogy (by Kim Stanley Robinson)

 

BastienGiot

• The Golden Compass / His Dark Materials series

• Harry Quebert *

• Oscar Pill *

• Tunnels

• Blacksad

• Superior

• Super Dupont

• Mafia

• Rabbids *

• Monkey Island *

• Everything by Pendulo Studios

• Dream Daddy

• Beyond Good & Evil

• Watch_Dogs

• A Nightmare on Elm Street

• American Dad!

 

Blankments

• Back to the Future
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit
• The Santa Clause
• The Jonny Jonny / BillionSurpriseToys universe (shared with @Spagspiria) *
• The Princess Diaries *
• Kappa Mikey
• CyberChase
• Temple Run
• Portal *
• Rapsittie Street Kids (shared with @Spagspiria) *
• Obama/Biden Mysteries (shared with @Spagspiria)
• OH, HELLO! (shared with @Spaghetti)
• The Muppets
• Chasing Vermeer
• Duck Hunt *
• Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan)
• Beyblade
• Mr. Bill
• Herbie (The Love Bug)
• Tangled
• Star vs. the Forces of Evil
• America Chavez (Marvel)
• Kitchen Nightmares
• Thomas the Tank Engine
• Dear Evan Hansen
• Dig Man

 

ChD

• Life Is Strange *

• SOMA *

• The Nightingale

• To the Moon *

• The Last of Us

• OPUS series

• The Themis Files

• Lotus Wars

• The Alice Network

• Sword Art Online

• Transistor

• 5 Centimeters per Second

 

Cannastop:

• Looney Tunes
• Duck Dodgers
• Dragon Quest
• The Three Caballeros
• Woody Woodpecker
• Wally Walrus
• Andy Panda
• DuckTales and assorted Scrooge McDuck material

 

Cookie:

• Mirror’s Edge *

• Voltron *

• Dinosaur (the Disney movie)

• The Road to El Dorado *

• The Legend of Zelda

• Fire Emblem

• Donkey Kong (shared with @YourMother the Edgelord)

 

Dexter of Suburbia

• The Mighty Ducks

 

Electric:

• Chrono Trigger *

• Garfield

• Foxtrot

• Homestar Runner *

• Dilbert

• Sim City

• Final Fantasy Legend series

• Final Fantasy I-VI (the pre-PlayStation games)

• Secret of Mana

 

Ethan Hunt

• Looking for Alaska
• Turtles All the Way Down
• Baseball Boy *
• Osmosis Jones
• Brain Age
• National Treasure
• The Tower of Babylon
• Understand *
• Division of Zero
• Seventy Two Letters
• Hell is the Absence of God
• Liking What You See (documentary)
• Tash Hearts Tolstoy
• Devil in the White City
• Artemis (Andy Weir)
• Speed Racer
• Curious George
• Inspector Gadget

 

Hiccup

• Animal Farm

• The Witch of Blackbird Pond *

• Chrysalids *

• American Girl

• Sitting Ducks *

• Legend of the Sword of Truth

• Bartimaeus trilogy *

• Halloweentown *

• Dead by Daylight

• Earth Defense Force *

• Scream Queens (FOX series)

• Vampire Diaries

• Grand Theft Auto (split with @YourMother the Edgelord)

• Riverdale comics

• The Leviathan series *

• Mako Mermaids

 

lamamama

• Ben 10

• Thrillville

• SteeleHeart: Evil Within

• Rainbow Six

• The Mouse Trap (the play)

• The rides at Cedar Point

• Hot Wheels

• The Iron Giant

 

MCKillswitch123

• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater

 

Panda

• Fortnite
• Bruce Almighty
• The Orphan Master's Son
• The Witcher
• Flat Stanley
• The Most Beautiful Thing I've Seen
• This Becoming Free

 

Reddroast

• Prey (video game)

• Tokyo Ghoul

• The Astounding Wolf-Man

• Mega Man

• Archer & Armstrong

• One Piece *

• Empire of Corpses

• Harmony

• Genocidal Organ

• White Bear (the Black Mirror episode)

• Sideways (DC)

• RWBY

• Impossible Dreams (short story)

• Blood Blockade Battlefront

• ARMS

• Gundam

• Punch-Out!

• Kirby

• Conker

• Earthbound

• The Last Action Hero

• Metroid

• Splatoon (shared with @YourMother the Edgelord) *

• Gargoyles

• Wonder Man

• Namor

• Tigra

• Mob Psycho 100

• World War Z

• Nier / Nier: Automata

• Code Geass

• Log Horizon

• Hellsing

• Jojo's Bizarre Adventure

• Avenue Q

• Assassination Classroom

• Aida

• Bleach * (shared with @SLAM!)

• Star Fox

 

riczhang

• The Chronicles of Narnia

• The 39 Clues

• Secrets of the Immortal

• Yes, Minister

 

Rorschach

• One Punch Man *

• The Five Ancestors

• Danny Phantom

• Halo

• The Rescuers

• The Great Mouse Detective

• Fantasia *

• The Sandman

• The Twilight Zone (including the Tower of Terror ride)

• Expedition Everest

• Trollhunter (the Norwegian film)

• Bravest Warriors

• The Atlantropa Articles

• ExtraTERRORestrial

• The Haunted Mansion

• Attack on Titan

• My Hero Academia

• Young Guns

• The Mouse Guard

• Norbit
• The Teletubbies

• Maniac Magee (by Jerry Spinelli)

• The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (by Avi)

• The Rocketeer

 

Rukaio:

• Aldnoah.Zero

• Berserk

• Black Cat

• Black Jack

• Codex Alera

• Dresden Files

• Fate Stay Night

• The Heroic Legend of Prince Arslan

• Lone Wolf and Cub

• The Lost Fleet

• Monster Hunter

• Mushishi

• Neon Genesis Evangelion

• Once on This Island

• Phoenix Wright / Ace Attorney

• Planetes

• Primeval

• Red Dwarf

• Redwall

• Samurai Champloo

• Shinesekai Yori

• Space Battleship Yamato

• Trigun

• Vinland Saga

• Zettai Karen Children

• Dr. Stone

• We3

• Worm

 

Sears

• I Am Legend
• Inside Man *
• When a Stranger Calls

 

SilverShark

• Spellforce
• Gothic Series

 

Slambros

• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
• To Your Eternity
• Beastars
• Wii Sports (and other games by Nintendo with the Wii prefix, such as Wii Fit, Wii Play, etc.) *
• Loveless (the Russian film)
• Things Fall Apart (by Chinua Achebe)
• Run With The Wind
• The Ancient Magus' Bride *
• Golden Kamuy
• Hinamatsuri
• Banana Fish
• The Stanley Parable
• Return of the Obra Dinn
• The Graveyard Book (by Neil Gaiman)
• Onion John (by Joseph Krumgold)
• Out Of My Mind (by Sharon Draper)
• Out Of The Dust (by Karen Hesse)
• Rules (by Cynthia Lord)
• Schooled (by Gordon Korman)
• Bud, Not Buddy (by Christopher Paul Curtis)
• A Single Shard (by Linda Sue Park)
• Walk Two Moons (by Sharon Creech)
• Dear Mr. Henshaw (by Beverly Cleary)
• Secret of the Andes (by Ann Nolan Clark)
• The Slave Dancer (by Paula Fox)
• Peak (by Roland Smith)

• American Born Chinese (by Gene Luen Yang)

• Death or Glory 

• Sabrina (by Nick Drnaso) *

• Hyper Light Drifter

• Love in a Dangerous Spacetime

• Gunman Clive

• Dillon's Rolling Western

• Stardew Valley

• Two Brothers (the 2004 film)

• Maquia: When The Promised Flower Blooms

• VeggieTales *

• Fire Force

• Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan

• Psyren *

• Silver Fang: The Shooting Star Gin

• Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee

• Waqwaq

• Pikmin *

• Popeye

• Age of Sail

• Bayonetta

• The Last Unicorn

• Fantastic Fears

• Fairly OddParents

• I am Bread

• Animal Crossing

• Fullmetal Alchemist

• Planetes

• The Promised Neverland

• Samurai Champloo

• World Trigger

• Professor Layton

• Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

• Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart

• Bleach * (shared with @Reddroast)

• Killing Commendatore

• SSX

• The Catcher in the Rye

• Cruis'n

• Tekken

• Tarzan

• Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations (the Broadway show)

• The World That We Knew

• Super Monkey Ball

 

Spaghetti

• Wallace and Gromit

• The Prince of Egypt *

• Psychonauts *

• Bounty Hamster *

• Fun Home

• Ragtime

• She Loves Me (the musical)

• Bingo Love (the comic)

• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

• Recess

• Strawinsky and the Mysterious House

• The Jonny Jonny / BillionSurpriseToys universe (shared with @Blankments) *

• Lumberjanes *

• Come From Away (the musical)

• Chibi Robo

• Thunderbirds

• 1906 (by James Dalessandro)

• Oh, hello! (shared with @Blankments)

• Clue

• My Life as a Teenage Robot *

• Pac-Man

• Atlantis: The Lost Empire

• Blacksad

• Neopets

• Six

• Starlight Express

• de Blob

• iCarly

• Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends

• The Oogieloves

• Powerline (A Goofy Movie character)

 

vault2008

• Hostel
• Swamp Thing
• Swan Song (the book)
• Counter-Strike
• Overwatch

 

Xillix:

• He-Man and the Masters of the Universe *

• Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad *

• SWAT Kats *

• Extreme Dinosaurs *

• Samurai Pizza Cats *

• Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills *

• Pon (“Phone,” South Korean film)

• Airframe *

• Séance on a Wet Afternoon *

• GoBots *

• Dino-Riders *

• Captain Planet and the Planeteers *

• BraveStarr *

• Gamera *

• American Dragon: Jake Long *

• Amityville books (Horror I, II, The Final Chapter, The Horror Returns and Nightmare Returns) *

• Kansen (“Infection,” Japanese film) *

• Are You Afraid of the Dark?

• The Howling *

• The Towering Inferno (and its source novels) *

• Silent Hill *

• Airport *

• Phii Khon Pen (“The Victim,” Thai film) *

• SoulCalibur series *

• The Elder Scrolls

• Burnout *

• Doom *

• Digimon

• Crysis *

• D (the video game series)

• N. (Stephen King)

• Ju-Rei: The Uncanny

• Gorgo

• Earthsong *

• ThunderCats *

• The Swarm *

• Rosemary's Baby *

• GranSazers

• NiGHTS into Dreams *

• Julia (the novel)

• Jaws *

• Carnosaur (the novel) *

• Hellborn (the novel)

• Beyond the Door

• Prom Night

• One Missed Call *

• Friday the 13th

• Ace Combat

• Robocop

• Inverloch

• Ghost Rider

• Moon Knight

• VR Troopers

• Biker Mice From Mars

• Jackie Chan Adventures

• Chaotic

 

YourMother

• Mo Williams’ Pigeon books *

• Family Guy

• Treasure Planet *

• Crash Bandicoot *

• Spyro the Dragon *

• Skylanders

• Kim Possible *

• Lilo and Stitch *

• Battletoads *

• God of War *

• Brother Bear

• Grand Theft Auto (split with @Hiccup23)

• El Tigre

• Dragon Ball

• Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir *

• Howling Commandos (Marvel) *

• High School Musical *

• Blue Beetle/Booster Gold *

• The Hive (DC)

• The Emperor's New Groove *

• Johnny Test *

• Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard

• Percy Jackson

• Dazzler (Marvel)

• Squirrel Girl *

• The Familiars

• The Adventures of Tintin

• The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

• Micro

• Hocus Pocus

• Green Lantern *

• Stuart Little

• Kid Icarus

• Super Mario *

• Tales of Arcadia

• Donkey Kong (shared with @cookie)

• F-Zero

• Splatoon (shared with @Reddroast) *

• Meet the Robinsons

• Static Shock *

• Howard The Duck

• Iceman
• Speedball
• Nova 
• Beta Ray Bill
• She Hulk
• Ironheart 
• Captain Britain
• New Warriors (Marvel)
• Fin Fang Foom
• Daredevil
• MODOK (Marvel)
• Legend Quest
• Cats and Dogs
• Beasts of Burden
• Legion of Superheroes
• The Dragon Prince
• StoneFlight (Book)
• Power Pack (Marvel)
• Phineas and Ferb
• Power Girl
• Green Arrow *
• Martian Manhunter
• Bumblebee
• Jonny Quest
• Hercules (Disney)
• Princess and the Frog
• Jump Street
• Pixie and Brutus
• Frog and Toad
• The Music Meister (DC Comics)
• Detective Chimp
• Zatanna
• OK K.O: Let's Be Heroes
• Disney's Filmore
• Dexter's Laboratory
• Total Drama Island

Edited December 19, 2019 by Alpha

[Alpha]

I'll go ahead and start off, but I'll remain a bit lenient since I realize my old franchise rights list is a bit excessive.

• Kane Chronicles
• Mario
• Zelda
• Sonic the Hedgehog
• Kirby
• Earthbound
• StarFox
• Fire Emblem
• Kid Icarus
• Pikmin
• Amulet
• Conker Games
• Mortal Kombat
• Amnesia
• Fallout
• Sly Cooper
• Shenmue

[4815162342]

I believe certain rules were agreed to already. Check the other threads where I believe they were mentioned.

[cookie]

27 minutes ago, 4815162342 said:

I believe certain rules were agreed to already. Check the other threads where I believe they were mentioned.

 

I would suggest drawing from these two posts specifically @Alpha

 

22 hours ago, Xillix said:

For the record, the rule changes I had proposed in the new forum were as follows:

-Numbered caps for talent roles per year; directors could do two movies a year, actors six (with leeway for cameos).

-No claiming franchise rights for any property that's had a theatrical movie in the past five years.

-Previously held franchise rights are reserved to those who had them in CAYOM v2 for the first in-game year of the new game, if not claimed by the end of the first year they become available.

-Franchise rights can be loaned out, shared, traded, etc. at the owners' discretion.

-Claiming franchise rights for a property with a future film scheduled (but none in the past five years) only allowed if you submit the finished version of your first movie in the franchise before the real one comes out.

 

As for community franchises - they tend to be stuff like Star Wars, James Bond, etc., both of which have had movies in the past five years and are essentially set to continue with frequent releases for the foreseeable future. I'd personally rather avoid those franchises in the game altogether. The whole point of having the rule against claiming franchises with recent releases (which existed in 2.0 already, in less specific form) was to avoid/minimize the influence of real-world franchise box office results. Plus there's something that feels off/unfair about someone lobbing a Star Wars in there with people's original stories and other, less-known franchises. It's almost guaranteed to get you in the top five of the year based solely on you happening to have the rights at that time, whether they're "community" rights or personal.

 

18 hours ago, cookie said:

 

I would revise this rule to one year to the date before that movie comes out (not that you need your movie to be completed before then, but at least announce your intent in the part 1 thread before that date). That way we don't have people doing adaptations just to capitalize on an upcoming film (say someone does an IT remake because the IRL version has so much buzz).

 

Speaking of Stephen King properties I believe there was a rule in 2.0 that you can't claim an author's collected works without listing all the IPs that you want to claim separately. This should go both for individual creators and companies (Nintendo, Sony, Ubisoft etc.). I think this should be worked into the new rulebook.

 

[Xillix]

In case the like in the source thread and here wasn't clear enough I fully endorse Cookie's "one year before release" revision and suggest it be implemented.

[Alpha]

I'll update the OP with Xillix's rule changes + Cookie's "one year before release" revision.

[4815162342]

Also the first post in the thread should track each player and their franchises, and be updated accordingly.

[rukaio101]

Right then. I had quite a lot of franchise rights in the old thread, not all of which I intend to keep. But here are the ones I am still reserving.

 

• Aldnoah.Zero
• Attack on Titan
• Berserk
• Black Cat
• Black Jack
• Boku no Hero Academia
• Code Geass
• Codex Alera
• Dresden Files
• Hellsing
• Fate Stay Night
• The Heroic Legend of Prince Arslan
• Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
• Log Horizon
• Lone Wolf and Cub
• The Lost Fleet
• Monster Hunter
• Mushishi
• Neon Genesis Evangelion
• Once on this Island
• Phoenix Wright
• Planetes
• Primeval
• Red Dwarf
• Redwall
• Samurai Champloo
• Shinsekai Yori
• Space Battleship Yamato
• Trigun
• Vinland Saga
• World Trigger
• Zettai Karen Children

 

And there are a few new ones I'm adding to the bunch.

 

• Dr Stone
• The Promised Neverland
• We3
• Worm

[4815162342]

Additionally, I am releasing the following: Call of Duty, Jack Ryan, Bioshock, and Halo.

 

That leaves me with:

 

• Dragon Age
• Pokemon
• StarCraft
• Mass Effect
• A Song of Ice & Fire (+ all related materials)
• Pillars of Eternity

 

Star Wars is a special case, akin to the MCU, DCEU, etc. I suggest it be temporarily suspended from activity, but if some time from now the spinoffs are still focused around the original films/characters, then the Old Republic era be unlocked for people to play around with. There are certain elements of the franchise I would intend to utilize in the future. So with that in mind, I am going to release Star Wars with the exception of two aspects I intended to adapt:

 

Tales of the Jedi/KOTOR (which cover approximately 40-50 years of the Star Wars universe). Everything else about the franchise is fair game. But again, I recommend that the franchise as a whole be suspended for the initial years of the reboot.

Edited July 2, 2017 by 4815162342

[cookie]

I'll be keeping:

 

- DuckTales

- Donald Duck comics and spinoffs

- Chip N' Dale Rescue Rangers

- Darkwing Duck

- Vanquish

- Xenoblade Chronicles

 

And be adding:

 

- Metroid

- Punch-Out

- Splatoon

- F-Zero

- Animal Crossing

[Xillix]

I'll stick to the stuff I had already and never got to use, which encompasses:

 

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad

SWAT Kats

ReBoot

Extreme Dinosaurs

Samurai Pizza Cats

 

And I would like to add one more I can't imagine anyone else wanting:

Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills

[Alpha]

Got the OP updated. If there's any changes that need to be made let me know.

[Electric]

I would like to claim the Chrono Trigger/Cross franchise.

 

[Xillix]

What do people think of Water Bottle's suggestion that rights revert to being available if they go unused for a certain period? Should we put that in the first post rules? How long should the grace period be?

[Alpha]

6 minutes ago, Xillix said:

What do people think of Water Bottle's suggestion that rights revert to being available if they go unused for a certain period? Should we put that in the first post rules? How long should the grace period be?

 

That sounds reasonable.

[cookie]

Forgot that I still own the rights to Mirror's Edge too (which I intend to release in Year 1 since I have a completed version posted before the game rebooted).

[Xillix]

The rumor was that Sony had to make The Amazing Spider-Man for 2012 because otherwise they'd lose the rights, yes? That'd be five years from Spider-Man 3. Does five years sound reasonable for the time you can keep rights without using them, or do we wanna go longer?

[Barnack]

21 minutes ago, Xillix said:

The rumor was that Sony had to make The Amazing Spider-Man for 2012 because otherwise they'd lose the rights, yes? That'd be five years from Spider-Man 3. Does five years sound reasonable for the time you can keep rights without using them, or do we wanna go longer?

 

According to the leaked deal negotiation, 5 year's and 9 month between release date, 3 year's and 9 month before production start after the last movie release if I remember correctly for amazing spider man. They also had 90 days after the release to announce to them the intention to extend their rights and do an other one (and pay something)

 

Amazing spider man principal photography started 3 years, 7 month and 2 days after SM 3 release date.

Amazing spider man was released 5 years, 1 month and 29 days after SM 3 release date.

 

Respecting both cut off.

Edited July 7, 2017 by Barnack

[Rorschach]

Frankly, I don't even remember what movies I had claimed. Then again, might as well start fresh.

 

There are few I can think of that I'd like to claim at the moment:

 

-One Punch Man

-RWBY

-The Five Ancestors

-The Haunted Mansion

-Danny Phantom

 

I'd also like to claim Halo since Numbers is releasing it. Besides that, I'm pretty much good.

[Xillix]

I mean I suppose we don't really need to figure out exactly how long it takes to release franchise rights for a couple in-game years at least.

 

Also just thought of something... I wanna bring back the Asian horror remake dealio so I'm gonna claim the rights to Phone / Pon. It's a South Korean horror flick from 2002.