Two of the screenwriters of the first G.I. Joe movie have filed a multi-million copyright infringement suit against Paramount Pictures, MGM, Hasbro and Di Bonaventura Pictures. In their two-claim complaint (read it here) filed on May 3 in federal court, David Elliot and Paul Lovett are seeking $23 million in damages and claiming much of this year’s G.I Joe: Retaliation sequel was “stolen” from their ideas.
The GI Joe sequel was so generic that practically anybody could claim credit for it. ("Good battles evil and good eventually triumphs! That was my idea!") What kind of a terrible person would want to be acknowledged as the writer of...
The two are currently working on a Midnight Run sequel for Universal with Brett Ratner attached to direct.
Ugh. Never mind.
