Aniston's new flick in 'script theft' suit.Byline: ANI Washington, September 16 (ANI): The producers of Jennifer Aniston's new film have been sued by two screenwriters This is a list of screenwriters: A–F
Filing their papers against NBC Universal NBC Universal is a media and entertainment company formed in May 2004 by the combination of General Electric's NBC with Vivendi Universal Entertainment (part of the French Media Group, Vivendi SA). GE owns 80% of NBC Universal with the remaining 20% owned by Vivendi SA. executives, Greg Crowder and Tony Freitas claimed that Scott Bernstein had rejected their script titled 'The Truth' when he was Vice President of Production for Universal Pictures in 2006. Their contention is that the script has now been revamped as 'Love Happens', starring Aniston and Aaron Eckhart. The film is set to hit cinemas on September 18, reports Contactmusic. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. documents obtained by TMZ.com, Crowder and Freitas want it pulled from release or 100,000 dollars in damages. Crowder claims that Bernstein told him the script for The Truth needed a rewrite re·write v. re·wrote , re·writ·ten , re·writ·ing, re·writes v.tr. 1. To write again, especially in a different or improved form; revise. 2. before Universal would buy it, and since the producers refused to pay for the rewriting work, the deal did not materialise. The writer says that he was shocked to learn that the script for Aniston's new flick, which revolves around a self-help guru with a dark past, was very similar to that he had written with Freitas. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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