Martin Scorsese and his production company, Sikelia Productions, have settled a lawsuit accusing them of reneging on a $1 million deal to executive produce a World War II movie.
U.K.-based production company Op-Fortitude informed the court on Thursday of a deal to resolve the case. The settlement is contingent on the completion of certain terms to be performed within 45 days. Details of the deal weren’t disclosed.
Op-Fortitude alleged in a lawsuit filed last year that Scorsese accepted a a $500,000 initial payment to personally assemble an all-star cast for Operation: Fortitude and refused to return the money after doing no work for over a year.
According to the complaint, Op-Fortitude and Lbi Entertainment, which represented Scorsese and Sikelia, struck a deal in 2021 for the director to handle casting, production and postproduction. The production company was assured that a meeting with Scorsese would be arranged and that he would “immediately...
U.K.-based production company Op-Fortitude informed the court on Thursday of a deal to resolve the case. The settlement is contingent on the completion of certain terms to be performed within 45 days. Details of the deal weren’t disclosed.
Op-Fortitude alleged in a lawsuit filed last year that Scorsese accepted a a $500,000 initial payment to personally assemble an all-star cast for Operation: Fortitude and refused to return the money after doing no work for over a year.
According to the complaint, Op-Fortitude and Lbi Entertainment, which represented Scorsese and Sikelia, struck a deal in 2021 for the director to handle casting, production and postproduction. The production company was assured that a meeting with Scorsese would be arranged and that he would “immediately...
- 3/22/2024
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A game maker is suing Netflix for allegedly claiming a confidentiality breach in a contract to develop a game based on Zack Snyder’s upcoming Rebel Moon as a pretext to steal ideas and concepts created for the game and incorporate them into the space opera franchise.
In a lawsuit filed in California federal court on Thursday, Netflix was accused of terminating “without any legitimate basis” a licensing agreement with Evil Genius Games in a “bad faith attempt” to hijack intellectual property by asserting ownership over parts of the project to use in the movie and “potentially release [the game] themselves to avoid sharing the profits.”
Evil Genius Games, which develops tabletop role-playing games based on movie franchises, reached a licensing deal with Netflix in March to create a Rebel Moon title. Under the agreement, the streamer would get a share of profits on top of a $25,000 payment.
Netflix, however, couldn’t...
In a lawsuit filed in California federal court on Thursday, Netflix was accused of terminating “without any legitimate basis” a licensing agreement with Evil Genius Games in a “bad faith attempt” to hijack intellectual property by asserting ownership over parts of the project to use in the movie and “potentially release [the game] themselves to avoid sharing the profits.”
Evil Genius Games, which develops tabletop role-playing games based on movie franchises, reached a licensing deal with Netflix in March to create a Rebel Moon title. Under the agreement, the streamer would get a share of profits on top of a $25,000 payment.
Netflix, however, couldn’t...
- 9/28/2023
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Martin Scorsese and his production company, Sikelia Productions, are being taken to court for allegedly reneging on a $1 million deal to executive produce a World War II movie.
U.K.-based production company Op-Fortitude, created to make the film, alleges that Scorsese accepted a $500,000 initial payment to personally assemble an all-star cast for Operation: Fortitude and refused to return the money after doing no work for over a year. The film was written and is set to be produced by Simon Afram.
“Mr. Scorsese has done nothing whatsoever in furtherance of production of the Picture, and has been completely non-responsive to Op-Fortitude’s repeated attempts to reach him and secure the fulfillment of his obligations,” reads the complaint filed on Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Op-Fortitude and Lbi Entertainment, which represented Scorsese and Sikelia, struck a deal in 2021 for the director to handle casting, production and postproduction. The production...
U.K.-based production company Op-Fortitude, created to make the film, alleges that Scorsese accepted a $500,000 initial payment to personally assemble an all-star cast for Operation: Fortitude and refused to return the money after doing no work for over a year. The film was written and is set to be produced by Simon Afram.
“Mr. Scorsese has done nothing whatsoever in furtherance of production of the Picture, and has been completely non-responsive to Op-Fortitude’s repeated attempts to reach him and secure the fulfillment of his obligations,” reads the complaint filed on Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Op-Fortitude and Lbi Entertainment, which represented Scorsese and Sikelia, struck a deal in 2021 for the director to handle casting, production and postproduction. The production...
- 5/16/2023
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lucasfilm is being taken to court by producer Karyn McCarthy, who allegedly accepted a deal to executive produce Star Wars series The Acolyte over a competing offer that would’ve made her the highest paid producer for Apple. She accuses the studio of breaching her contract in a move that deprived her of a high-profile credit on a major TV series from a competitor and, as a result, millions of dollars.
“Without explanation, without reasons, without justification, Lucasflm told McCarthy it wanted out of the deal,” reads the complaint. “By this time, the Apple offer was gone — Apple had to move on and found another executive producer for Sugar. McCarthy now had neither deal.”
Lucasfilm disputes there was a contract in place, according to the suit. It didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.
On April 7, series showrunner Leslye Headland formally offered McCarthy the position to executive produce The Acolyte,...
“Without explanation, without reasons, without justification, Lucasflm told McCarthy it wanted out of the deal,” reads the complaint. “By this time, the Apple offer was gone — Apple had to move on and found another executive producer for Sugar. McCarthy now had neither deal.”
Lucasfilm disputes there was a contract in place, according to the suit. It didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.
On April 7, series showrunner Leslye Headland formally offered McCarthy the position to executive produce The Acolyte,...
- 3/8/2023
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Director and producer Kevin Shulman was awarded $1.9 million after a jury found that he was cheated out of a producer credit in Manson family murders movie Charlie Says.
The decision by the jury in Los Angeles County, which came on Feb. 9 after less than a day of deliberations, included $1 million in punitive damages for fraud. The case is one of the few business disputes concerning producer titles that have gone to trial, with most being resolved in arbitration or settling, and could inform the valuation of such posts in future legal battles.
The jury concluded that Kevin Shulman’s contract was breached when he was blindsided by an eleventh-hour deal reducing his role to co-producer and fee to $15,000 after working on the movie for eight years, including when he was undergoing treatment for cancer. Damages were calculated, in part, by determining work that would’ve come his way if he...
The decision by the jury in Los Angeles County, which came on Feb. 9 after less than a day of deliberations, included $1 million in punitive damages for fraud. The case is one of the few business disputes concerning producer titles that have gone to trial, with most being resolved in arbitration or settling, and could inform the valuation of such posts in future legal battles.
The jury concluded that Kevin Shulman’s contract was breached when he was blindsided by an eleventh-hour deal reducing his role to co-producer and fee to $15,000 after working on the movie for eight years, including when he was undergoing treatment for cancer. Damages were calculated, in part, by determining work that would’ve come his way if he...
- 2/27/2023
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The late Paul Walker’s manager is suing Vagrant Inc., the Fast & Furious actor’s loan-out company, over unpaid commissions.
In a nine-page complaint filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court (read it here), Matt Luber and Luber Roklin Entertainment allege that Vagrant failed to pay “an agreed-upon 5% management commission on Vagrant’s gross earnings, stemming from Mr. Luber’s management of Mr. Walker’s career.”
The breach-of-contract suit demands a jury trial and seeks unspecified damages. John Fowler and Kevin Cammiso of Kibler Fowler & Cave Llp in Los Angeles is representing the plaintiffs in the action.
Walker was killed in November 2013 when the car in which he was a passenger struck a tree at high speed. The driver, Walker’s friend, Roger Rodas, also died at the scene.
In a nine-page complaint filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court (read it here), Matt Luber and Luber Roklin Entertainment allege that Vagrant failed to pay “an agreed-upon 5% management commission on Vagrant’s gross earnings, stemming from Mr. Luber’s management of Mr. Walker’s career.”
The breach-of-contract suit demands a jury trial and seeks unspecified damages. John Fowler and Kevin Cammiso of Kibler Fowler & Cave Llp in Los Angeles is representing the plaintiffs in the action.
Walker was killed in November 2013 when the car in which he was a passenger struck a tree at high speed. The driver, Walker’s friend, Roger Rodas, also died at the scene.
- 6/5/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
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