'The Butler' battle: Weinstein appeal goes before MPAA Friday

By Todd Cunningham LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The Motion Picture Assn. of America on Friday morning will hear an appeal by the Weinstein Co. over the title to its Civil War drama, "The Butler." The appeal of the MPAA's arbitration ruling earlier this month, comes less than a month before the prestige movie's scheduled August 16 opening, and its marketing campaign in a holding pattern. On July 2, the MPAA's Title Registration Bureau prohibited the Weinstein Co. from using "The Butler" as the title for its movie because a 1916 short in the Warner Bros. library shares the same name. ...



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