Basically, Rossio has generated plenty of bank for Disney, so it seems particularly crummy that they wouldn’t compensate him for his work.
In any case, Rossio’s revelation regarding the business of live-action remakes at Disney is an unfortunate one.
That’s especially troubling, considering that Rossio has written several screenplays for Disney over the years, including four of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies — one of the studio’s biggest hit franchises.
According to the LA Times, “Disney later sent him a late Picasso painting as a way of thanking him for his work.”)