Chuck Wepner, the ex-boxer said to own inspired the Rocky Balboa character and who is the subject of the upcoming pic The Bleeder, is suing the producers of what he calls an unauthorized “copycat” film based on his life. The lawsuit, and filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court (read it here), claims that the defendants misused confidential information that originally was to be used for The Bleeder and ended up in American Brawler — which the plaintiffs refer to as “the…
Source: deadline.com