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Originally Posted by Jobla
Reynold Brown did the original poster art. Perhaps that art wasn't available to Arrow?
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Movie posters are promotional advertisements. Just like trailers, tv commercials, print ads. Although they can be copyrighted, it's not enforceable. Courts have ruled that the more people who spread it around actually benefits the copyright holder. It's free advertisement for the product.
You can purchase a reproduction of the original poster from dozens of companies.
There may be some cases where an artist personally copyrights their art.
The crazy thing about boutique labels creating new art.
1. They have to get permission, and possibly pay to use an actor's likeness.
2. They have to pay the artist to create the art.
3. They could just slap the original poster on the cover with no permission or costs.