Looks like the little guy’s getting screwed again.
A writer named Adam Stone claims that the producers of the flick Death Race, out this week, stole his ideas.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Stone claims in a copyright infringement lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles federal court that the movie is based on a script he pitched to the film’s producer-director Paul W.S. Anderson and producer Jeremy Bolt.
Stone says that after the producers passed, Bolt made and kept a copy of his screenplay, titled Joust, to use as a “blueprint” for Anderson’s revision of the script for Death Race.
If it’s true, that sucks!
He seeks a court order stopping the film’s release (scheduled for August 22).
Stone is also seeking unspecified damages.
Why did he wait ’til so close to the film’s release date to file the claim?
Hope he has a good lawyer!
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