HC refuses interim injunction against release of ‘Queen Forever’ on Phantom Studios’ plea
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The Bombay high court on Wednesday refused to grant an interim injunction against Jiostar India Pvt Ltd. and the production and rollout of their forthcoming movie titled ‘Queen Forever’.
Adding to this, Star and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut. (Rahul Singh) A single-judge bench of Justice Sandeep Marne declined relief to Phantom Studios India Pvt Ltd, co-producer of the 2014 box-office hit ‘Queen’, which shared they and Jiostar India Pvt Ltd were joint and equal owners of 50% of all intellectual property rights in ‘Queen’.
Meanwhile, The court noted ‘Queen’ was a critically acclaimed and commercially successful movie that has acquired substantial goodwill and ‘Queen Forever’ was a purported sequel being produced by Jiostar India Pvt Ltd, co-producer of ‘Queen’, and like the original movie, stars Kangana Ranaut.
Notably, According to the suit filed by Phantom Studios, the co-production agreement expressly and unambiguously provided that derivative rights in the movie – including the right to create sequels, prequels, remakes, or any other work based on the movie or its characters, story or other elements – vest jointly and equally in both the parties, the suit shared.
As per the latest buzz, Phantom Studios described ‘Queen’ as a critically acclaimed and commercially successful movie that has acquired substantial goodwill since 2014. The studio shared it had not given consent for any sequels, adaptations or derivative works on the movie; it had also issued several caution notices to Jiostar since April 2026 to cease and desist from proceeding with purported plans for making a sequel or any other content that was likely to create any association with ‘Queen’. Despite the notices, Jiostar refused to disclose any details of the project, Phantom Studios shared.
In further updates, Citing extreme urgency as the movie is as per reports scheduled for rollout in a few months, Phantom Studios sought temporary injunction restraining Jiostar, the producer, and the representatives, from taking any step towards “making, developing, producing, shooting, completing, releasing, distributing, broadcasting, streaming, marketing, promoting, advertising, or exploiting” the “sequel, prequel, remake, adaptation or derivative work” under the title ‘Queen Forever’ or ‘Queen 2’ without its prior written consent.
Source: Hindustan Times