On the eve of the Oscars, Hollywood has been rocked by allegations that "The Holdovers" -- one of the nominees for Best Screenplay -- was "plagiarized line-by-line" from an unproduced script for a film called "Frisco," by "Luca" screenwriter Simon Stephenson. Plagiarism accusations and lawsuits are a dime a dozen in Hollywood, and rarely come to anything. But the language used by Stephenson in a 33-page document shared by Variety makes it sound like there's a real story here:
The meaningful entirety of the screenplay for The Holdovers has been copied from the Frisco screenplay by transposition. This includes the Frisco screenplay's entire story, structure, sequencing, scenes, sequential sub-beats within scenes, line-by-line substance of action and dialogue, characters, arcs, relationships, theme and tone. A majority of this has been done line-for-line, and a large number of unique and highly specific elements created in Frisco are readily and unequivocally identifiable in The Holdover.
The meaningful entirety of the screenplay for The Holdovers has been copied from the Frisco screenplay by transposition. This includes the Frisco screenplay's entire story, structure, sequencing, scenes, sequential sub-beats within scenes, line-by-line substance of action and dialogue, characters, arcs, relationships, theme and tone. A majority of this has been done line-for-line, and a large number of unique and highly specific elements created in Frisco are readily and unequivocally identifiable in The Holdover.
- 3/10/2024
- by Hannah Shaw-Williams
- Slash Film
Another scandal surrounds the Vanderpump Rules cast and this time Lala Kent is opening up about her life with Hollywood producer Randall Emmett in Hulu’s The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump. Watch the trailer in the video posted above.
ABC News Studios and LA Times Studios teamed up for an investigation into the allegations of race discrimination and workplace abuse against Emmett. The movie mogul denies all the allegations that includes questionable on-set behavior towards actor Bruce Willis as his mental acuity declined.
The 90-minute documentary features special access to interview footage of Kent, who opens up about her tumultuous relationship with Emmett and how she learned about the accusations against her ex-fiancé.
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump also includes exclusive interviews with those closest to Kent, including Lisa and Easton Burningham, her mother and brother, who describe alarming, never-before-told claims of Emmett’s alleged mistreatment towards Kent,...
ABC News Studios and LA Times Studios teamed up for an investigation into the allegations of race discrimination and workplace abuse against Emmett. The movie mogul denies all the allegations that includes questionable on-set behavior towards actor Bruce Willis as his mental acuity declined.
The 90-minute documentary features special access to interview footage of Kent, who opens up about her tumultuous relationship with Emmett and how she learned about the accusations against her ex-fiancé.
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump also includes exclusive interviews with those closest to Kent, including Lisa and Easton Burningham, her mother and brother, who describe alarming, never-before-told claims of Emmett’s alleged mistreatment towards Kent,...
- 5/15/2023
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
The Writers Guild of America West placed production companies Emmett Furla Oasis Films and Pumped — as well as producers Randall Emmett and George Furla — on the WGA Strike/Unfair List, saying they failed to pay back fees due to writers on the series “Pump.”
The WGA’s officers said in a letter to its members that the companies failed to comply with an arbitration award of $477,581.34 for unpaid compensation, pension, health contributions and interest due to four writers on the show. “Pump” is a show loosely based on Arnold Schwarzenegger’s bodybuilding career that dates back to 2013 and had last landed at CBS in 2016.
The WGA said the arbitrator ordered Efo and Pumped to pay back the amount on September 10, and all four parties were placed on the list beginning on October 26.
Martin Barab, a lawyer for Efo, told TheWrap that the writers involved worked with Schwarzenegger before he left...
The WGA’s officers said in a letter to its members that the companies failed to comply with an arbitration award of $477,581.34 for unpaid compensation, pension, health contributions and interest due to four writers on the show. “Pump” is a show loosely based on Arnold Schwarzenegger’s bodybuilding career that dates back to 2013 and had last landed at CBS in 2016.
The WGA said the arbitrator ordered Efo and Pumped to pay back the amount on September 10, and all four parties were placed on the list beginning on October 26.
Martin Barab, a lawyer for Efo, told TheWrap that the writers involved worked with Schwarzenegger before he left...
- 11/20/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
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