Netflix’s Seine-Set Shark Thriller ‘Under Paris’ Faces Take Down Threat Amid Original Story Lawsuit
deadline.comNetflix’s Seine-set Shark thriller Under Paris could be taken off the platform within days of its release on June 5 due to legal proceedings brought by a writer-director who claims it was developed without his knowledge from an original idea he registered with France’s rights management body SACD in 2011.
An initial hearing on June 14 will pass judgement on a legal request by the complainant’s lawyer for the film’s release to be suspended while a second lawsuit around accusations of parasitism makes its way through the courts.
Taking its cue from article 1240 of France’s Civil Code, parasitism is defined as one party following in the footsteps of another party’s efforts and know-how to benefit from their enterprise without seeking permission or making payment.
Set against the backdrop of the upcoming Paris Olympics and plans to hold the swimming leg of the triathlon contest in the Seine, French-language drama Under Paris revolves around the arrival of a killer shark in the waters of the famed river.
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