Twist in the trial for Avatar: the filmmaker must prove that he did not dive ideas a Hollywood screenwriter.
There is a little more than a year, Eric Ryder filed a complaint against James Cameron and Jon Landau, respectively the director and the producer of Avatar, as he considered the film to $ 2.8 billion in revenue had plagiarized one of his stories. If the man says is true, the outline of his K. R. Z. 2068 indeed strangely resemble the main plot of the blockbuster: the scenario evoke "An epic story in 3D, speaking and seeing a business environment colonize a planet full of nature reserves. Spies One company takes the shape of the inhabitants of the planet and began an intimate relationship with one of the creatures, before becoming the leader of the rebels on the planet, who rebelled against the business practices of colonialism. "
The complainant explained that his story was rejected by Lightstorm Entertainment (the company Landau) in 2002. A producer would have said that the film "would not work because nobody would want to see a sci-fi movie with the main theme ecology." He therefore took the matter to court, considering he was the victim of "non compliance of this contract, fraud and negligence." Since this complaint, we have heard of the case. Until now: Reuters reports that a U.S. judge has ordered James Cameron to present its first draft screenplay by Eric Ryder lawyers to decide if there really was plagiarism. For if the many similarities appear to be between the two stories, the director has insisted that he was working on Avatar since 1999, several years before Ryder brings his screenplay to the studio Jon Landau.
The judge also allowed the plaintiff's attorneys access to the records of the computers used by the director when preparing the film, but he did not accept that they can browse personal calendars Cameron and Landau. In full preparation suites Avatar, the two men are on trial and the stakes could be high. The film was the biggest hit of all time in the cinema, screenwriter Eric Ryder could potentially affect a large sum if the judge ruled that his story was plagiarized. To be continued ...
