It looks as if Universal Pictures remake of Death Race could be crashing before it even hits the wall. Writer Adam Stone is in a race to stop the release of Universal's film, which is slated to hit theaters everywhere this Friday. The reason? Plagiarism. Read on for the story and watch for news as it develops.
Stone claims in a copyright infringement lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles federal court that the upcoming Universal thriller is based on a script he pitched to the film's producer-director Paul W.S. Anderson and producer Jeremy Bolt. He seeks a court order stopping the film's release.
Stone claims that after the producers passed, Bolt made and kept a copy of his screenplay, titled "Joust," to use as a "blueprint" for Anderson's revision of the script for "Death Race."
While "Death Race" is purported to be a remake of the 1975 film, "Death Race 2000," Stone contends in his lawsuit that it actually is based on "Joust" and that there are at least 39 elements in the soon-to-be released film that mirror his screenplay.
Universal, which is a defendant in the lawsuit, declined comment on the lawsuit.
"Death Race," which stars Jason Statham and Joan Allen, is set for release FridayAug. 22. Stone is asking the court to stop the release of the film.
"Experience in other cases has shown that unless such orders are issued, defendants will simply continue to exploit the infringing motion picture in all media and by all methods at their disposal," the lawsuit states.
NO NO NO NO please for the love of GOD dont stop the release of Death Race you have no idea how long ive been waiting for the release of it. Now this shit is happening NO F!@#ING way. People have no idea how pissed i will be if they dont release Death Race.
why do they still call it a remake, since bares pretty much nothing with the cult classic, but the name, there were no prisions, criminals, wardens in the original, they were no framed protagonist, the races were across the country and killing civilians for points, these version has no balls for being made in a P.C.enviroment, I'm actually GLAD that the studios will get f'd for once if the suit actually works...
This is getting released so soon?! Friday! After 2 days? Wow, this has gotten so little publicity itīs even worse than X-Files: I want to Believe. However I donīt live in the states so I donīt know about the publicity there.
About the lawsuit, it seems very "convenient" to sue 2 days before the movie is released...
So someone is bragging about this being their idea? Its not bad enough that its a remake of Death Race 2000, but what little originality the writer here supposedly injected into the premise he actually stole from someone else. Watching the trailer for this crap movie only reminded me how much more I'd rather see a Twisted Metal movie than this already derivative crap. I never thought of the Fast & Furious movies as smart, but next to this they seem like cinematic masterpieces.
I have to say I hope they release it. I've been looking forward to this for a while. I know this decade is all about remakes, but I must say, if done properly some of these classic movies could be incredible remakes. We will see I suppose.
u cocksuckers have no idea what it takes to make a fucking movie u all think it is fuck great yea right there are so many posiers on this site it makes me laugh oh no dont make a remake oh my go grow the fuck up if u look at every thing out now a days it is fucking Plagiarism u know what all the great horror directors have fucking done it so get ove it this movie is a new vision of the orignal which was not that great ok so get over it u are a bunch of fucking crybabies oh my god a reamke i has to be bad give it fucking chance and u all wondered why midnight meat train got fucked over beacuse the true die hard horror fan would go pay the 10 bucks to go see these movies in the theather and support it and support the fils that u so called love so much all i ever here are a bunch of wine asses u are not all real fans of this film or any thing else u love knocking things down whithout giving anything a fucking chance anymore that is why this country is going to shit it is the boo fucking who generation grow up sally and pull op your skirt if the way this world is going u will not see horror films any more beacuse of goverment we live in and this cock sucker whinning about Plagiarism
hey guees what there are only six true stories in the world and guess what u have ripped them off so where is there money asshole
Correct spelling, punctuation? Bah, who needs that?
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Stone claims in a copyright infringement lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles federal court that the upcoming Universal thriller is based on a script he pitched to the film's producer-director Paul W.S. Anderson and producer Jeremy Bolt. He seeks a court order stopping the film's release.
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