By: E&P Staff The judge overseeing Tribune Co.'s bankruptcy ordered an emergency hearing Tuesday, on actor Warren Beatty's motion to prohibit the videotaping of a deposition he is scheduled to do in connection with his lawsuit with Tribune Media Services (TMS) over the rights to the "Dick Tracy" comic strip character.
In papers filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware, Beatty's attorneys argue the videotape of the actor would quickly make its way onto the Internet. They rejected a Tribune Co. offer to negotiate a protective order limiting access to the deposition.
Tuesday's hearing is the latest action in a decade-long dispute between the actor and Tribune syndicate over television and film rights to the comic strip detective.
Tribune Media Services, a Tribune subsidiary, has been feuding with Beatty for years over the TV and movie rights to comic book character Dick Tracy.
TMS is asking Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Carey to declare that it owns the rights. Beatty argues that bankruptcy court is not the proper forum for that, since he has a lawsuit filed in California against the Tribune subsidiary.
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