‘Breakfast At Tiffany’s’ Lawsuit Over Rights To Truman Capote Novella Names Paramount Pictures
Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerThe rights to Truman Capote’s novella Breakfast at Tiffany’s is the subject of a Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit.The suit contends a charity trust set up by Capote before his death owns the rights to develop a prequel, sequel or television series inspired by the 1961 film. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday.Alan Schwartz, the trustee of the charity, alleges that rights to the 1958 novella reverted to Capote’s executor after his death in 1984.