One aspect unique to the deal is that the filmmaker owns the characters in that movie (and owns characters in other movies as well) while Sony currently retains Once Upon a Time. An insider noted ...

David Fincher is directing a ‘Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood’ follow-up ... Surely something he can do well. Still, we’ll have to wait and see whether it actually surfaces.

One aspect unique to the deal is that the filmmaker owns the characters in that movie (and owns characters in other movies as well) while Sony currently retains Once Upon a Time. An insider noted that ...