AMC Entertainment Under Fire Over Dismaying Financials of Acquisitions
(CN) – AMC Theaters faces a shareholder derivative after the company’s stock took a nosedive when it announced disappointing results
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Judge Clears ‘Gone Girl’ Creators in Copyright Dispute
A federal judge dismissed an author’s claim that the popular thriller novel and movie “Gone Girl” is based on her copyrighted screenplay, finding that the stories are considerably different.
Read moreFeds Want ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ to Pay Up
As the “Wolf of Wall Street” was in Lithuania giving a motivational speech Wednesday, his lawyer was in a Brooklyn courtroom battling government prosecutors who want to garnish his finances for restitution and other penalties he owes.
Read moreDragon Box
Netflix, Disney, Paramount and other studios accuse Dragon Media and two individuals in a federal complaint of mass copyright violations through selling a Dragon Box hardware device.
Read moreActors Union Struggles in Fight for Age-Secrecy Law
Age isn’t just a number, a Screen Actors Guild attorney told a federal judge Thursday in a last-ditch effort to save an enjoined state law that would make Hollywood informational website IMDb take down actors’ ages upon request.
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Tolkien’s Estate Settles $80 Million Lawsuit Against Warner Bros.
J.R.R. Tolkien’s estate has settled copyright infringement claims against Warner Bros. over merchandising rights to the author’s most famous works, “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit.”
Read moreJudge Calls California’s Demand for IMDb Data ‘Disturbing’
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – A federal judge admitted to being “disturbed” by California’s demand that IMDb turn over data to
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Renowned Movie Director Tells Startup to Knock It Off
French movie director and writer Luc Besson denies that he has anything to do with a new digital media series that its creators are marketing as his idea, and he sued them this week to make them stop.
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‘Dumb and Dumber’ Producers Sue New Line for $1M
Two producers have sued New Line Cinema for $1 million, claiming the company reneged on a deal to give them right of first refusal on sequels and remakes to the Farrelly brothers’ comedy “Dumb and Dumber.”
Read moreChuck D Goes to Court Over Rights to Life Story
Chuck D, founder and leader of the rap group Public Enemy, filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against documentary film producers to protect the rights to his life story.
Read moreBoxer Says Forgery Cost Him Rights to Comeback Story
Vinny Paz, a boxing champ who fought his way back into the ring with a broken neck, claims in court that a forged signature cost him the rights to his life story.
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AMC Movies Settles Class Action With the Blind
Under a new settlement, one of the nation’s largest movie theater chains, AMC, will adopt sweeping reforms to give blind customers access to devices that describe visual elements in films.
Read moreSly Stallone
Rogue Marble Productions, the loan-out company for Sylvester Stallone, claims “notoriously greedy” Warner Bros. owes an accounting for revenue from the 1993 film “Demolition Man,” and damages for fraud and breach of contract, in Superior Court.
Read moreScreenwriter Claims Disney Stole ‘Zootopia’
The screenwriter who wrote “Total Recall” sued Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday, claiming it lifted multiple elements for its animated box office smash “Zootopia” from his work.
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