A lawsuit has been filed against the sons of baseball legend Roberto Clemente, who allegedly defrauded an indie production company by selling it the rights to a biopic of their father despite Legendary Pictures having already optioned the film.
That production banner, Inside the Park, in a complaint filed on Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, says it developed the movie for over two years only for it to fall apart after learning that the endeavor was solely meant to “generate renewed interest and publicity” in the hall-of-famer for another project.
Luis R. Clemente and Roberto Clemente Jr. struck a deal with Inside the Park in January 2023 for the rights to the creation, production and distribution of a feature based on the life of their father and the biography “Clemente – The True Legacy of an Undying Hero,” which they authored. The company subsequently learned only months later that there was...
That production banner, Inside the Park, in a complaint filed on Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, says it developed the movie for over two years only for it to fall apart after learning that the endeavor was solely meant to “generate renewed interest and publicity” in the hall-of-famer for another project.
Luis R. Clemente and Roberto Clemente Jr. struck a deal with Inside the Park in January 2023 for the rights to the creation, production and distribution of a feature based on the life of their father and the biography “Clemente – The True Legacy of an Undying Hero,” which they authored. The company subsequently learned only months later that there was...
- 5/29/2024
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Updated, with comment from Cmg: Baseball legend Roberto Clemente is at the center of a new lawsuit over the rights to his life story.
More than 50 years after his death, the Pittsburgh Pirates icon generated renewed interest in the entertainment industry. But a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court claims that two of Clemente’s family members and their agent, Cmg, sold off rights to his story even though another production entity held an option to it.
Read the Roberto Clemente lawsuit.
The plaintiff, Inside the Park LLC, contends that early last year, they were granted “an exclusive and irrevocable option to purchase the rights in and to the creation, production and distribution of a feature film based generally on the life of the late Roberto Clemente and the book Clemente – The True Legacy of an Undying Hero.”
But after the principals of Inside the Park, producer Jonah Hirsch...
More than 50 years after his death, the Pittsburgh Pirates icon generated renewed interest in the entertainment industry. But a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court claims that two of Clemente’s family members and their agent, Cmg, sold off rights to his story even though another production entity held an option to it.
Read the Roberto Clemente lawsuit.
The plaintiff, Inside the Park LLC, contends that early last year, they were granted “an exclusive and irrevocable option to purchase the rights in and to the creation, production and distribution of a feature film based generally on the life of the late Roberto Clemente and the book Clemente – The True Legacy of an Undying Hero.”
But after the principals of Inside the Park, producer Jonah Hirsch...
- 5/28/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Baseball icon Roberto Clemente is getting the biopic treatment from producer Jonah Hirsch and actor/producer Aj Muñoz in collaboration with the Clemente family. The as-yet-untitled film will be based on the family’s best-selling book Clemente: The True Legacy of an Undying Hero.
The announcement comes on the heels of the 50th anniversary of the Pittsburgh Pirates MLB All-Star’s passing, and the recent news of select Florida schools removing books on Clemente’s life.
Roberto Clemente, wife Vera and sons.
The film will showcase Clemente’s rise to greatness against all odds and tell his inspirational life story inclusive of both his baseball career as well as his fight for Latin American equality and social justice.
By acquiring the life rights to Clemente as well as the family-authored book, Hirsch and Muñoz alongside the legend’s sons Roberto Clemente Jr. and Luis Roberto Clemente will...
The announcement comes on the heels of the 50th anniversary of the Pittsburgh Pirates MLB All-Star’s passing, and the recent news of select Florida schools removing books on Clemente’s life.
Roberto Clemente, wife Vera and sons.
The film will showcase Clemente’s rise to greatness against all odds and tell his inspirational life story inclusive of both his baseball career as well as his fight for Latin American equality and social justice.
By acquiring the life rights to Clemente as well as the family-authored book, Hirsch and Muñoz alongside the legend’s sons Roberto Clemente Jr. and Luis Roberto Clemente will...
- 3/2/2023
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
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