Because of a "pre-existing licensing deal" with Tribune Co. "Archie" Comics had to kill their comic book reboot of plainclothes officer, private detective "Dick Tracy", with actor Warren Beatty ("McCabe & Mrs. Miller") continuing to hold onto the character's rights, despite a 'use it' or 'lose it' clause in a long-standing agreement with Tribune to produce a "Dick Tracy" movie or TV series:
The monthly comic book series was illustrated in a more realistic style, than that of "Dick Tracy" creator Chester Gould...
Created by Gould as a newspaper comic strip, 'Dick Tracy' has appeared in five movie serials from 1937 through 1941...
...six movies, including Beatty's 1990 feature, plus three TV series including animated cartoons.
In a previous announcement of the new comic book series, Tribune Co. was "...very excited to work with Archie Comics. 'Dick Tracy' is an iconic character, who still resonates with his fan base.
"The reboot of the franchise will keep 'Dick Tracy' and his cast of rogue villains at the forefront of heroic characters in the battle of good and evil..."
Budgeted at $47 million, producer/actor Beatty's "Dick Tracy" earned $103,738,726 domestic and $59,000,000 foreign for a worldwide box office of $162,738,726. (100 zl bez depoztu)
According to court documents, rights to the 'Dick Tracy' family of characters would revert back to Tribune if "a certain period of time" lapsed without Beatty having produced another "Dick Tracy" movie or TV series, with Beatty quickly cobbling together a TV 'special' in 2014, that only aired once.
The "Dick Tracy" rogues gallery of villains include 'Flattop', 'Bigboy', 'Pruneface', 'Itchy' and 'The Mole'.
January 1946, Gould introduced Tracy's '2-Way Wrist Radio', upgraded to a '2-Way Wrist TV' in 1964.
The character had a long run on radio, 1934 to 1948, with the special "Dick Tracy In B Flat" in 1945, starring Bing Crosby as Tracy, singer Dinah Shore as girlfriend 'Tess Trueheart' and Bob Hope as 'Flattop'.
Tracy made his live-action debut in "Dick Tracy" (1937), a Republic Pictures serial starring actor Ralph Byrd.
A second serial, "Dick Tracy Returns", was released in 1938, "Dick Tracy's G-Men" in 1939 and "Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc." in 1941, featuring Tracy as an FBI agent, based in California.
RKO Radio Pictures followed with the features "Dick Tracy, Detective" (1945) and "Dick Tracy vs. Cueball" (1946) starring Morgan Conway.
Villains in the RKO film series included Mike Mazurki as 'Splitface', Dick Wessel as 'Cueball', Esther Howard as 'Filthy Flora' and Jack Lambert as 'The Claw'.
A TV series starring Byrd again, aired on ABC from 1950 to 1951.
The first animated Tracy TV series "The Dick Tracy Show" was produced from 1960 to 1961 by UPA, starring Everett Sloane as Tracy and Mel Blanc as 'Go-Go Gomez', 'Joe Jitsu', 'Hemlock Holmes' and 'Heap O'Calorie'.
Dick Tracy has appeared on literally billions of dollars worth of merchandise over the years. He joins the growing list of comic-strip characters that have ballooned the character-licensing business in the past few years into an estimated $50-billion-plus annual industry worldwide. kasyno na prawdziwe pieniądze
A second Filmation cartoon series was produced in 1971, with short episodes inserted into the show "Archie's TV Funnies".
In 1967, producer William Dozier ("Batman"), developed a live-action TV pilot starring actor Ray MacDonnell.
In 1990, Beatty starred in and directed the Disney feature "Dick Tracy", co-starring Al Pacino as 'Big Boy' and Dustin Hoffman as 'Mumbles.
