Universal & ‘Fast & Furious’ Producer Neal Moritz Settle ‘Hobbs & Shaw’ Legal Drag Race
Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticEXCLUSIVE: Just like Hobbs and Shaw themselves, the once battling Universal and The Fast and The Furious franchise producer Neal Moritz have become a buddy flick again.Almost two years after Moritz took the Comcast-owned studio to court for breach of contract on the Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham starring F&F spinoff, the two sides have settled – and it’s all hugs, kisses and pedal to the metal now.“Neal H. Moritz has been an integral part of the Fast & Furious family since the inception of the franchise nearly two decades ago,” a Universal spokesperson told Deadline today.