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- Judge: Stallone did not copy screenplay for 'The Expendables'
| Posted: 28 Dec 2012 12:07 AM PST End Of Watch – Director/writer David Ayer directs Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña and Anna Kendrick in this footage-type movie revolving around two young officers. They are hunted down by members of a notorious cartel after they confiscated money and firearms from a car during a routine traffic stop. Parental Guidance – Bette Midler and Billy Crystal (pic below) play grandparents who find themselves looking after their three grandchildren one weekend. The problem is that these elderly people can't really find a common ground with the technology-savvy kids. Marisa Tomei co-stars. |
| Posted: 28 Dec 2012 12:06 AM PST Michael Bay directing an action-comedy-thriller, starring Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson? Sounds a little risky as the only thing Bay is good at is blowing things up or making us cry because we actually paid money to see movies like The Island, Pearl Harbor and Transformers: Dark Of The Moon. Still, he has recruited a group of interesting actors – Wahlberg and Johnson (the action part), Rebel Wilson and Ken Jeong (comedy) and Ed Harris (thriller, of course) – for this film. Pain & Gain revolves around three bodybuilders in Florida who find themselves smack in the middle of an extortion ring and a kidnapping scheme. Naturally, things go terribly wrong. It is tentatively scheduled to hit cinemas in April, 2013. |
| Judge: Stallone did not copy screenplay for 'The Expendables' Posted: 28 Dec 2012 12:05 AM PST NEW YORK: A federal judge has reaffirmed his decision to dismiss a lawsuit accusing actor Sylvester Stallone of copying someone else's screenplay to make his popular 2010 movie "The Expendables." U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan on Thursday rejected claims of copyright infringement damages by Marcus Webb, who contended that the movie's screenplay contained 20 "striking similarities" to his own "The Cordoba Caper." Webb claimed that both works had similar plots, and involved hired mercenaries in a Latin American country that was home to a villain dictator named General Garza. But Rakoff said no reasonable juror could find that the works were so similar as to eliminate the possibility that Stallone crafted his screenplay on his own. Not even the general's name was an automatic red flag, Rakoff said, writing that "Garza" was the 34th most common Hispanic nickname in the United States. "The court has carefully examined the entire litany of plaintiff's proffered 'striking similarities' and finds none of them remotely striking or legally sufficient," Rakoff wrote. "These are two very different screenplays built on a familiar theme: mercenaries taking on a Latin American dictator." Other defendants in the case included Nu Image Films, which produced the movie, and Lions Gate Entertainment Corp Lawyers for Webb did not immediately respond to requests for comment. "The Expendables" was released in August 2010, and featured other older action stars like Jet Li and Arnold Schwarzenegger. A sequel, "The Expendables 2," was released in August 2012. In June, Rakoff decided to dismiss Webb's case but did not provide his reasons until Thursday. Stallone also starred in the "Rocky" and "Rambo" movies. - Reuters |
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