While the hype is gradually building up after the release of the movie “Road House” with Jake Gyllenhaal, behind the scenes, mini-dramas follow each other.
Act 1. Producer Joel Silver, director Doug Liman and Ari Emanuel—the CEO of the agency that represents Jake Gyllenhaal—were “outragedAmazon Studios has chosen to release the film on its Prime Video streaming platform. To the point that he was going to show the film to Jeff Bezos on his yacht so that he could order the film to be released in theaters. Failure: Jennifer Salke, director of Amazon Studios, reserved the decision, as told Soon.
Act 2. Doug Liman boycotts the film’s premiere at SXSW to protest Amazon and MGM’s move to bypass theaters in favor of streaming on Prime Video, as reported Deadline.
Act 3. Jake Gyllenhaal wanted to calm down and say that there was never a question about the film being released in theaters, but always streaming in the interview. The whole movie.
A new scandal
But the turmoil surrounding the release of Road House is far from settled. Deadline Now we’re learning that David Lee Henry — the screenwriter of the first Road House , released in 1989 with Patrick Swayze — is pursuing legal action against Amazon Studios, MGM Studios and United Artists.
He accuses Amazon of a very serious digital blunder during two strikes last year.
“This case arises out of apparent copyright infringement by the defendants, who willfully failed to license the necessary motion picture and ancillary rights to Hill’s script beyond their 2024 spin-off remake, as required by law.,” reads the complaint filed today in California federal court.
In fact, Rs. Lance Hill, who goes by the professional name David Lee Henry, isn’t just saying he wants an injunction against the Doug Liman-directed film. It says much more.
Presented by Mark Toberoff, a lawyer for the studios, it claims to lift the curtain on what could be the new reality of the entertainment industry. According to Hill and his legal team, the 2024 version of the film now appears to be entering a 21st century minefield.
It’s a question of artificial intelligence
“Hill is further informed and believes and, based thereon, alleges that Defendants have taken extreme measures to attempt to meet this November 10, 2023 deadline at significant additional costs, including to AI. (Artificial intellect) During the 2023 Screen Actors Guild strike (“SAG”) Reproducing the voices of the actors of the 2024 remake for ADR purposes (auto dialogue replacement, “auto dialogue replacement” in French)All knowingly in violation of the SAG and Directors Guild of America (DGA) collective bargaining agreements of which the defendants were signatories.– said in the 19-page complaint.
“R. The Road House lawsuit filed today by Lance Hill is completely without merit and many of the allegations are categorically false.“, an Amazon spokesperson told Deadline.The film does not use artificial intelligence instead of actors’ voices. We look forward to defending against these claims.“
In addition to this ruling, R. Lance Hill (or David Lee Henry) presents other complaints related to the legal complexity of the system of granting rights to American screenwriters. However, it is unlikely that his action will succeed and prevent the film from airing.
Source: Allocine
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