Steven Spielberg has freeze rights built into his deal for every movie now, and that’s down to E.T. The Extra Terrestrial. It’s a fairly well known story that after the success of 1982’s E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, Steven Spielberg and Universal Pictures went down the path of a possible sequel. In fact, by the summer ... E.T. | Steven Spielberg didn’t have ‘freeze rights’ to stop a sequel, he admits
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