Linda Woolverton, writer of The Lion King and Beauty & the Beast doesn’t receive a penny from Disney for the new remakes because the writers guild still doesn’t recognise animation.

It blows my mind that someone can create characters that a business makes billions on and not get a cut.It turns out she was on a basic contract back in the day and so wasn’t due any royalties etc.You can listen to her talking about it It happened in Hollywood podcast via /r/movies http://bit.ly/2G8KDQK