Producers of the British television series “Peaky Blinders” are in a dispute over the U.S. rights to the show with the private-equity firm that purchased Harvey Weinstein’s bankrupt studio, the Wall Street Journal reported. The question is whether Weinstein Co. had the ability to transfer the U.S. rights to Lantern Capital Partners when the studio’s assets were sold. An affiliate of Endemol Shine Group, which licenses the show’s rights, says it terminated the studio’s deal for the U.S. rights after numerous allegations of sexual abuse against Weinstein became public last fall, according to papers filed on Wednesday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del. The legal dispute over rights to the critically acclaimed crime drama is part of continuing legal wrangling over the rights to several film and television projects that cut ties with Weinstein Co. last fall. Endemol Shine said it ended the deal months before the studio filed for chapter 11 in March. Lantern disputes that claim.
