EXCLUSIVE... UPDATE with Relativity�reaction below): My day was just made. Right now, there's a lawsuit being carried to the courtroom clerk in Los Angeles filed by one of the most controversial indie movie moguls against still another most controversial indie movie mogul. Don't you just love when this happens? Bert Fields is repping Harvey and Bob's The Weinstein Co�against Ryan Kavanaugh's Relativity Media�seeking injunctive relief and claiming there's "a�written contract signed by everybody" which gives the Weinsteins exclusive worldwide distribution rights on The Crow reboot.�The original was distributed by the Weinsteins at Miramax back in 1994 and grossed $50.6M domestic. The�Weinsteins and Kavanaugh went back and forth on "a number of issues" before the lawsuit was filed this afternoon. "Mr. Kavanaugh was not going to honor that contract. Apparently, he's going to sell these rights to others. He made a bunch of threats," Fields tells me. "Some people may submit to that kind of arrogant conduct, but�we're not going to do it. If anybody tries to buy these distribution rights in The Crow, they are buying nothing but a lawsuit and they will get sued."��(The photo above is from Ryan and Harv�in happier days...)� Needless to say, Relativity Media really laid into the Weinsteins in this reaction statement:� "This is yet another typical litigation stunt from the Weinsteins who have a long history of threatening law suits with the sole purpose ... Read More »Samantha Mathis Samantha Morton Samantha Mumba Sanaa Lathan Sara Foster Sara Spraker
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