Olsen Twins Sue Acclaim For Unpaid Royalties

filtur writes "The Olsen twins (that got your attention) are suing video game maker Acclaim for royalties regarding their Olsen twins branded video games. Acclaim has apparently run the brand into the ground." Once dubbed "the most powerful young women in Hollywood," the money involved seems almost trivial by comparison to even their individual net worths, but it'll be interesting to see how this turns out.

Comments

Holy Water in Paradise

[Oncogene]

You have angered the double-headed money demoness! You must pay with your souls!

Re:hehehe

[Terminal Saint]

Bad news chief, they've been legal for nearly 2 years in my state...

Re:hehehe

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah, "Informative." Slashdot is nuts.

"We saw them grow up on Full House....and now we pant to put our penises in them."

Re:hehehe

[Anonymous Coward]

Hmm, meant to type "want" instead of "pant." And yet it still kinda works.

Hey girls

[lightspawn]

It's time to ditch Acclaim and find another video game publisher... of course, you wouldn't want to be associated with such a company anyway.

You may also want to have a chat with, say, Tony Hawk, about being involved in the game production. I mean, you wouldn't want to slap your name on just any old merch, now would you?

Now, when do we finally get a Super Olsen Sisters Advance?

(Not actually knowing that much about the twins, I'm wondering if there's any difference between them that can be translated to gameplay. Like, one of them can jump higher, but the other can bash bricks with her head or something).

I would have a witty comment...

[Flyboy Connor]

...if I had any idea who these Olson twins are. Perhaps the are a US phenomenon that we in the Old World know nothing about? And if that is the case, how did Acclaim think they could make a nice video game franchise out of this one?

Re:I would have a witty comment...

[swillden]

When the show ended, they were in their early teens and they began making various straight to video films targetted at preteen girls. Apparently these videos made a lot of money and they invested it well. In addition to video games they've produced many other products as well.

They've also recorded a dozen or so CDs, starting when they were very young. They probably made more off of the videos, but most young girls who like them know them more from their music.

As the father of an 8 year-old girl who loves Mary-Kate and Ashley, I have had the... er... pleasure of listening to every CD they've published. It frightens me, but I can actually sing along to most all of their songs.

Re:I would have a witty comment...

[Anonymous Coward]

The Olsen Twins are the number one reasons that I'm glad I have a 9 year old son instead of a 9 year old daughter.

I guess "Magic Mystery Mall"

[foidulus]

Just was not up to the high quality consumers expect of the Olsen twin's name. Who would have thought?

Blissful ignorance

[AtariAmarok]

Blissful are those who think that "Mary Kate and Ashley" is 3 girls when they first hear the names.

My roommate's dream come true

[HaloZero]

Star Trek and the Olsen Twins having something remotely in common.

Re:I guess "Magic Mystery Mall"

[Anonymous Coward]

Of course they didn't get royalties, you only get them if the game SELLS!

Re:I'm with the twins

[IceAgeComing]

I'm 35. I've only just figured out who these girls are because my daughters (aged 3 & 5) watched an old video of theirs from the 80's.

God, the video is AWFUL. What the hell is so great about two girls (who look vaguely like "Troll dolls") pretending to sing and act? They mostly just sit there and look tired of cameras pointed at them.

Re:did they have that much brand to start with?

[filtur]

Actually they're not really identical.
I'm gonna go hang myself for knowing that, thank you very much Entertainment Tonight

Royalties?

[Rallion]

Don't royalties have to wait until after the game's first sale?