While the creators of "Love in the Sky: Maverick" are celebrating the phenomenal success at the box office of the film, which since it came out about a week ago has grossed about $ 550 million worldwide (almost 300 million of them in the US alone), they are now facing a big trouble : Claim.
According to reports in the American media, Paramount, the film studio that produced the new film and also its original from 1986, is facing a lawsuit filed against it today (Monday) by Shosh and Yuval Yonai, the widow and Israeli son of Ehud Yonai, who died in 2012. , The plot of the original film was based on an article he wrote in 1983, which told about pilots and their experiences in the US Navy, and which focused on two characters who later became the heart of the film - Pete Mitchell (played by Tom Cruise, who also stars in "Maverick") and Nick Bradshaw.
It should be noted that "Paramount" acquired the rights to the article that Yonai published immediately after its release, and he even received credit for this in the film itself.
According to the Yonai family, the film studio infringed Ehud's copyright, after distributing the film without purchasing the rights from them, which were returned to them in January 2020 - more than two years before "Maverick" was released.
In a lawsuit filed in a Los Angeles court, the Jonai family claims that about two weeks before the film came out, they sent a letter requesting a permanent cessation of activities with the studio - one of the biggest in Hollywood - but this was deliberately ignored.
Now, they are seeking compensation in the form of proceeds from the film, which as mentioned has become a huge hit - and even prevent the production of further sequels to it.
Shosh and Yuval also claim that the film was only ready on May 8, 2021, more than a year since the rights returned to them.
On the other hand, Paramount rejected the claim and said that the film had been ready a long time before.
It is worth mentioning that the filming of "Maverick" began in May 2018, and the film itself was supposed to be released in July 2019, but then its release was postponed to June 2020 in order to shoot a few more scenes.
Subsequently, due to the corona plague, the distribution of the film was postponed several times for another two years.
At Paramount, of course, the claims were rejected - and we only have to see if the film really came off the big screen soon.
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