‘Cursed’ Co-Creator Frank Miller Hit With $25M Defamation Suit By ‘Sin City’ Sequel Producer; Claims “Baseless”, Comic Legend’s Lawyer Says
Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticA dispute over rights to a Sin City TV series and a Hard Boiled film have turned hardcore between Cursed co-creator Frank Miller and producer Stephen L’Heureux.Hardcore to the tune of more than $25 million, as a defamation and economic interference lawsuit from the Frank Miller’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For producer is seeking. Asserting that he has long owned the relevant rights to Miller’s iconic Sin City and the 1990 debuting Hard Boiled, L’Heureux claims Miller and co-defendant Silenn Thomas have thwarted big and small screen adaptations with the likes of MGM and David Ellison’s Skydance Media.