The heirs of one of the inspirers of the film
Top Gun
(1986) filed a complaint Monday against the Hollywood giant Paramount Pictures for copyright infringement, according to court documents.
Thirty-six years after the adventure film featuring US Navy combat aviators, worn by actor Tom Cruise, and inspired by an article by Ehud Yonay entitled
Top Guns
published in 1983, Paramount released the end May the sequel,
Top Gun - Maverick
.
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In their lawsuit filed with a court in California, Shosh and Yuval Yonay, respectively the author's widow and son who live in Israel, say they recovered the copyright of the story in 2020 and accuse Paramount of having “
deliberately ignored their copyright
”.
Paramount will strike back
"
The Yonays contend and Paramount deny that the 2022 sequel, like the 1986 film, is derivative of the author's story
," according to the complaint.
The heirs are seeking an injunction to prevent Paramount from distributing the sequel to the film as well as damages in an unspecified amount.
These accusations are "
baseless
" and "
we will vigorously defend ourselves
," Paramount said in a Monday statement quoted in multiple media outlets.
The sequel to
Top Gun
received critical acclaim.
Tom Cruise still plays Navy test pilot Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, now a captain, who trains to bomb the uranium enrichment plant of a country considered hostile.
The film, whose release was delayed two years by the Covid-19 pandemic, boasts a strong cast, with Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller and Jon Hamm, while
Top Gun
veteran Val Kilmer , makes a brief appearance there as
Iceman
, a key character from the first installment.
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