'Peter Rabbit' Legal Fight Heats Up as Sequel Set for U.S. Summer Release
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After a failed settlement and a change in legal counsel, Jason Lust's dispute with Animal Logic now seeks to answer if the mention of "all other projects" in a short-form agreement includes the 'Peter Rabbit' sequel.
During the course of the legal fight between Jason Lust and Australian VFX house-turned-production company Animal Logic over
Peter Rabbit, a sequel was greenlit — and that's added a new layer to the dispute just as
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway is hopping toward a summer release in the U.S.