Category: Technology Author : AHN Posted: September 16, 2009
Tags : jennifer aniston, lawsuits, love happens, universal studios
Writers Sue Jennifer Aniston’s “Love Happens”
Jennifer Aniston’s next film might not see the light of day. Two screenwriters claim NBC Universal stole their script for “Love Happens,” Aniston’s upcoming film with Aaron Eckhart.
Greg Crowder and Tony Freitas filed a suit against the film production company on Tuesday, alleging that they gave their script, titled “The Truth,” to former Universal VP of Productions Scott Bernstein in 2006.
Crowder claims he had meetings with Bernstein about the script, but the VP told him that it needed a rewrite before Universal would buy it. The scribe insisted that he would only rewrite their work if the company paid them, but since Universal wasn’t willing to pay, the deal fell apart, TMZ reports.
The writer then submitted the script to another company, who told him they were concerned that he might have stolen the story from another existing project, Aniston and Eckhart’s “Love Happens.”
Crowder and Freitas are asking a judge to block Universal from releasing the film, which is scheduled to hit theaters on September 18. And if it gets released, they want share of the profit, which they estimate at over $100 million.
“Love Happens” tells the story of a widower (Eckhart), whose book about coping with loss turns him into a best-selling self-help guru. On a business trip to Seattle, he falls for a woman (Aniston) who attends one of his seminars, only to learn that he isn’t truly over his wife’s death.
Jennifer Aniston’s next film might not see the light of day. Two screenwriters claim NBC Universal stole their script for “Love Happens,” Aniston’s upcoming film with Aaron Eckhart.
Greg Crowder and Tony Freitas filed a suit against the film production company on Tuesday, alleging that they gave their script, titled “The Truth,” to former Universal VP of Productions Scott Bernstein in 2006.
Crowder claims he had meetings with Bernstein about the script, but the VP told him that it needed a rewrite before Universal would buy it. The scribe insisted that he would only rewrite their work if the company paid them, but since Universal wasn’t willing to pay, the deal fell apart, TMZ reports.
The writer then submitted the script to another company, who told him they were concerned that he might have stolen the story from another existing project, Aniston and Eckhart’s “Love Happens.”
Crowder and Freitas are asking a judge to block Universal from releasing the film, which is scheduled to hit theaters on September 18. And if it gets released, they want share of the profit, which they estimate at over $100 million.
“Love Happens” tells the story of a widower (Eckhart), whose book about coping with loss turns him into a best-selling self-help guru. On a business trip to Seattle, he falls for a woman (Aniston) who attends one of his seminars, only to learn that he isn’t truly over his wife’s death.
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