After the I, Robot (2004) movie maker’s allegation on Tesla for copying designs for its new prototype, the makers of Blade Runner 2049 have sued Tesla, Elon Musk, and also Warner Bros. Discovery for allegedly using imagery from the movie without prior permission. Alcon Entertainment, the production house behind the 2017’s super hit sci-fi movie, claimed to have denied permission to Warner Bros. to use material from the movie for Elon Musk-led Tesla’s much-awaited launch of Robotaxi. Per the company, despite the refusal, the EV giant went ahead and used AI to generate promo graphics that mimicked the Blade Runner movie’s imagery. During the Robotaxi event, Musk arrived on stage in a cybercab with an atmospheric sight show that eerily resembles the Blade Runner 2049 landscape. Reacting to the reports of the lawsuit, the numero uno billionaire remarked that “the movie sucked.” Meanwhile, the producer commented that they don’t want the Blade Runner 2049 movie to be associated with Musk owing to his extreme political and social views, “that sometimes veer into hate speech.”
Blade Runner 2049 maker sues Musk over robotaxi images https://t.co/wSaaeFFp1w
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) October 22, 2024
Blade Runner 2049 maker SUES Elon Musk over Tesla’s Robotaxi images – just weeks after the director of ‘I, Robot’ claimed the billionaire had stolen his ideas https://t.co/DMLMvA21El pic.twitter.com/toyx1imEev
— Mail+ (@DailyMailUK) October 22, 2024
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Meanwhile, netizens dug out references to Blade Runner in his previous tweets while speaking about Tesla vehicles and designs, which is contrary to his current reaction. Several netizens took a dig at the Tesla boss for his take on the movie.
a bold lie but what else do we expect at this point pic.twitter.com/W2nmqNpXoj
— Josh (@lmaojsav) October 23, 2024
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— Blick Winkel⁉️(H. Anthony Israel) (@blockwonkel) October 23, 2024
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— WoahWahWoah (@SlowDownSkip) October 23, 2024
“It sucked, but let’s use its images”. Ok buddy pic.twitter.com/gop778S0I4
— Raiseyourkids (@Jonnz5Jonn) October 23, 2024
https://x.com/batknight66/status/1848916061598503381
Elon trying hard to always have the worst takes ever pic.twitter.com/Ad4GEdg2n1
— B̶i̶g̶b̶y̶ 2Ø49 (@14pere) October 23, 2024
Then why are you copying them lil bro
— 10ShinHan (@10ShinHann) October 23, 2024
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