Final Fantasy VII Remake: Final Fantasy VII The Web Series Kickstarter Live Action Miniseries Threatened With Square Enix Legal Action

The Kickstarter-funded live action Final Fantasy VII miniseries entitled Final Fantasy VII: The Web Series has been met with legal action by Square Enix, the company that created the original game.

IGN reports that those who supported the series on Kickstarter received the following message:

"This is a message from Kickstarter Support. We're writing to inform you that a project you backed, Final Fantasy VII: The Web Series (Unofficial Fan Project), is the subject of an intellectual property dispute.

The project has been removed from public view until the dispute is resolved, which can take up to 30 days. The project's funding and the countdown to its deadline have been stopped. If the project becomes available again, the countdown will continue and the new deadline will extend past the original deadline for as much time as the project was unavailable. You can find out more by reading our Copyright and DMCA Policy and our Trademark Policy."

Square Enix also released the following statement through its North American office in California:

"Square Enix is the owner of all intellectual property rights to the Final Fantasy® franchise under which videogames, online services, and motion pictures have been published. 

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The project itself is in infringement of our copyrights and should be removed in its entirety from Kickstarter." 

The Kickstarter page is now unavailable.

Check back with MStars for more on the situation as it develops.