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| Abigail barlow and emily bear (image source: Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic) |
Netflix settled a copyright lawsuit it filed against the musical's creators Emily Beare and Abigail Barlow on Sept. 23, two months after it first sued the pair in July, Variety reported.
Reports of After the musical's live, profitable stage production at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the streamer accused Beer and Barlow of copyright infringement, saying their decision to include the show after repeated warnings was "fan Fiction” expands into the past.
According to the filing, Netflix - which first praised the songs after they went viral online - felt that the creators overstepped their decision to profit from the musical and related merchandise, the platform's Sowed confusion with fans over their Bridgerton brand and products.
Netflix filed the dismissal "with prejudice," which means the lawsuit can't be refiled. Unofficial Creators first rose to fame after releasing songs inspired by the show on TikTok and later won a Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album at the 2022 ceremony.
In official Bridgerton news, a first look at Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story arrives on September 24th after being teased at the Global Tumblr Day fan event. The prequel to the limited series follows Queen Charlotte's courtship of enemy-lovers with the young King George, whose marriage eventually led to Tin as we know it in the series.
Showrunner Shonda Rhimes also writes and produces, with India Amartifio playing young Charlotte and Corey Melchrist playing young George.
Golda Rochewell, Adjwa Andoh, and Ruth Gemmell reprise their roles from the original Bergerton. The jury is still out on whether Bear and Barlow will even get a chance to make a musical prequel.
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