The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical Update and New York Comic Con 2022

Credit: Igor Kasyanyuk/Artwork: Samantha Bates

About two months ago I reported on a lawsuit lodged by Netflix against The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical, and now there is a big update.

Basically the streaming service filed a copyright lawsuit against Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear, the talented TikTok performers and Grammy winners behind the musical album, because they were making money from the musical album via live performances that were set to happen in the U.K.

Since Barlow and Bear do not own the copyright to Bridgerton, and – simply put – don’t have permission to use anything Bridgerton-related for monetary gains, they found themselves in legal trouble with the powerhouse service.

But now, it would seem the lawsuit has been dropped. Netflix Worldwide Entertainment, LLC and Netflix Studios, LLC dismissed “the action with prejudice,” but no “further reasoning” was provided for the dismissal. The dismissal did come just one day after Barlow and Bear were supposed to respond to Netflix’s first complaint that was made this summer.

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Despite repeated objections, Barlow and Bear staged “a massive, for-profit stage show” in July and that was what caused the lawsuit to be filed. The lawsuit alleged the pair “misrepresented their affiliation with the Bridgerton series to its audience and sold unofficial merchandise during the show.” It added that their performance also featured “over a dozen songs that copied verbatim dialogue, character traits and expression, and other elements from Bridgerton the series.”

No further details are available, but I would surmise that the pair will not be moving forward with anything else that has to do with Bridgerton, which is a shame because a Broadway version of The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical would have been quite a spectacular show.

Later this week, New York Comic Con 2022 will take place – from October 6 to October 9 – at the Javits Center, the convention center in Hell’s Kitchen.

This year the guests of honor include:

Brendan Fraser
Cassandra Peterson (aka Elvira)
Christopher Lloyd
Michael J. Fox
Oscar Isaac
Sebastian Stan

Also, among the featured guests are:

Amir Wilson (His Dark Materials)
Amita Suman (Shadow and Bone)
Anson Mount (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds)
April Bowlby (Doom Patrol)
Ben Barnes (Shadow and Bone)
Boyd Holbrook (The Sandman)
Brenton Thwaites (Titans)
Dafne Keen (His Dark Materials and Logan)
Daniel Radcliffe
David Berry (Outlander)
David Boreanaz
Diane Guerrero (Doom Patrol)
Drew Barrymore
Duncan Lacroix (Outlander)
Erica Durance (Smallville, Saving Hope and Supergirl)
Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld)
Freddy Carter (Shadow and Bone)
Harvey Guillen (What We Do in the Shadows)
James McAvoy
Jamie Lee Curtis
John Glover (Smallville)
John Leguizamo
Jovian Wade (Doom Patrol)
Kristen Kreuk (Smallville and Burden of Truth)
Mason Alexander Park (The Sandman and Quantum Leap)
Michelle Gomez (Doctor Who and Doom Patrol)
Mindy Kaling
Omar Epps
Rachael Leigh Cook
Ralph Macchio
Sam Heughan (Outlander)
Tom Sturridge (The Sandman)
Tom Welling (Smallville, Lucifer and Professionals)
Tyler Hoechlin (Superman & Lois and Teen Wolf)

You can learn more about New York Comic Con 2022 here.