Will Smith's Production Company Sued Over Film Based on Serena and Venus Williams' Father
etonline.comwould be playing Venus and Serena Williams' father, Richard Williams, in an upcoming biopic, — but a new lawsuit claims that the tennis coach had already sold his life rights to someone else.
In a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles on Tuesday, TW3 Entertainment and Power Move Multi Media claim that the upcoming film, produced by Smith's production company, Overbrook Entertainment, and Warner Bros., is based on a multi-million dollar breach of contract. «This case presents an unfortunate and tawdry situation: the cold and calculating misappropriation and interference with plaintiffs’ intellectual property,» the court documents state. «Plaintiffs' good faith and contractually protected efforts to bring an amazing story into visual art form were met.
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