He has acquired the film rights to the book (= he is allowed to make a film of the book). 他已经取得了将这本书拍成电影的制片权。
His firm owns the rights to the film.
Later that year they bought the rights to the film.
Before you can sell the rights, we need to establish who owns the intellectual property.
It's reported that she received an eight figure sum for the movie rights to her autobiography.