(CNN) The company behind "Sesame Street" is suing the makers of Melissa McCarthy's upcoming raunchy comedy, "The Happytime Murders," for referencing the popular kids show in its marketing campaign. It's the tagline used in the film's marketing campaign -- "No Sesame. All Street." pic.twitter.com/yJgSnBEWo9 — Happytime Murders (@HappytimeMovie) May 23, 2018In the lawsuit obtained by CNN, Sesame Workshop, the educational organization behind the long-running childrens show, argues that STX Entertainment does not have the right to use "Sesame Street" in its tagline. The lawsuit particularly cites use of the tagline in the film's "just-released trailer with explicit, profane, drug-using, misogynistic, violent, copulating, and even ejaculating puppets."
Source: CNN May 27, 2018 15:56 UTC