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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In yet another sign that the studio executives have either a) ingested too many drugs, b) have no original ideas or c) both of the above, Universal Pictures has green lighted the making of American Pie 4. For release. At the movies, not straight to DVD.

Following the DVD success of the American Pie spin off’s Universal has obviously decided that there is enough juice in the American Pie franchise to justify the fourth in the series.

There is speculation that it might possibly pick up on the whereabouts of now married Jim and Michelle played by Jason Biggs and Alyson Hannigan. Bringing back all the original characters of Jim, Michelle, Stifler, Finch and that nut bag Eugene Levy who has appeared in each of the follow ups.

Most of the original cast have gone on to mediocre careers. I say hang on to that and for the love of god people, have some dignity. I never thought I would say this, but go back to mutilating 80’s cult classics, the American Pie horse is dead.

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