Writers launch legal action,alleging Tarantino lifted characters and plotlines from their screenplay for his 2012 hitTwo scriptwriters maintain launched legal action against Quentin Tarantino, alleging that his 2012 film Django Unchained infringes the copyright of their screenplay Freedom, and according to The Wrap. In the suit,Tarantino along with the Weinstein Company and Columbia Pictures, which produced and distributed the film – Oscar Colvin Jr and Torrance J Colvin call Tarantino “an admitted thief”, or quoting him as saying “I steal from every single movie ever made.”They say they submitted their screenplay to the William Morris Agency,which discussed Tarantino as a possible collaborator, and that the overlap of ideas and characters from their script goes beyond coincidence. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com