A lawsuit contends that the 'artifice' of movie production didn't save a film company from losing rights to the 1988 work.
A lawsuit contends that the "artifice" of movie production didn't save a film company from losing rights to the 1988 work.author George R.R. Martin has launched a lawsuit aimed at confirming that he once again holds film rights to his werewolf novella, originally published in 1988 as part of a horror anthology that included short stories by Stephen King and Dan Simmons.
According to a complaint filed on Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Martin granted a film option in 2009 to Mike the Pike Productions, which later assigned it to Blackstone Manor LLC. Under the agreement, the producers had five years to commence principal photography. If no motion picture was made during this time, thenThe option was executed on Sept.
“Blackstone’s token Production was insufficient to prevent reversion of the Rights to Martin,” states the complaint filed by attorney Neville Johnson. “Rather, it was the equivalent of a contractor agreeing to build a skyscraper and, on the last day to begin construction — without a foreman, crew, or approved blueprints — having a handful of day laborers take a month to build a gazebo on the construction site instead.
Blackstone is said to take the position that it has fulfilled its obligations under contract and owns rights in perpetuity. Martin is filing his lawsuit after allegedly being threatened with legal action should he independently attempt to exploit rights. The suit seeks a declaration sorting rights as well as damages on the claim of breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
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