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08.04.2024 - 17:35 / deadline.com
The nearly two-year old dogfight between Paramount and the family of the writer of the 1983 article that inspired the franchise is over.
In an order released late on April 5, U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson grounded the copyright infringement, breach of contract, and declaratory relief action by the Israeli-based widow and son of Ehud Yonay
“Defendant is entitled to summary judgment on plaintiffs Shosh Yonay and Yuval Yonay’s (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) claims for breach of contract, declaratory relief, and copyright infringement,” he wrote in a the one-page judgement. “Plaintiffs shall take nothing and Defendant shall have its costs of suit.”
“Plaintiffs contend that the Article and Sequel (collectively, “the Works”) are substantially similar because they have similar plots, sequences of events, pacing, themes, moods, dialogue, characters, and settings,” the judge said in a separate 14-page minutes in chambers document also made public last Friday. “Defendant contends that the similarities identified by Plaintiffs are either not similarities at all, or are similarities based on unprotected elements of the Works. The Court concludes that the Article and Sequel are not substantially similar under the extrinsic test.”
With Tom Cruise and Maverick EPs Jerry Bruckheimer and David Ellison undoubtedly pleased, Paramount today told Deadline: “We are pleased that the court recognized that plaintiffs’ claims were completely without merit.”
First filed in June 2022, the case has been through almost as many twists and turns as a F-14 in combat.
The complaint claims that $1.5 billion box office hit sequel violated termination rights. The Ehud Yonay penned “Top Guns” from California magazine’s May 1983 edition, about the
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The Duke of Kent is to step down as Colonel of the Scots Guards after 50 years and hand over the role to the Duke of Edinburgh, Buckingham Palace has announced. Edward, Duke of Kent, who was a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, paid tribute to the “bravery, selfless courage and devotion to duty” of the Scots Guards ahead of relinquishing his position.
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borrowed too much from a 1983 magazine article that inspired the original “Top Gun” film.In a decision on Friday, US District Judge Percy Anderson in Los Angeles said the sequel was not “substantially similar” to Ehud Yonay’s “Top Guns,” about the US Navy’s Top Gun fighter pilot training school in San Diego.Yonay’s widow Shosh Yonay and son Yuval Yonay, the heirs to his copyright, said they deserved some of the sequel’s profits, after Paramount built a billion-dollar franchise off an article that “breathed life into the technical humdrum of a navy base.”Lawyers for the Yonays did not immediately respond on Monday to requests for comment.
A police watchdog has been ordered to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a missing man in the Highlands.
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a potential third installment of the “Top Gun” franchise in a new with interview with ScreenRant.The producer, 80, and “Top Gun: Maverick” director Joseph Kosinski approached Tom Cruise with a “wonderful” idea, and proudly stated that the action star “really liked it.”“Joe Kosinski had a wonderful story idea for it, and [Cruise] said, ‘I really like that,’ so we’re developing it,” Bruckheimer told the outlet. “But you never know when it’s going to get made because Tom is so busy.” “He’s doing ‘Mission: Impossible’ right now; he’s got a picture after it,” continued the producer.
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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Tom Cruise is a busy man, which makes it all but impossible to put a timeline on when “Top Gun” fans might finally get to see a third installment in the beloved action-drama franchise. Variety confirmed in January that Paramount was developing “Top Gun 3” and had tapped its “Top Gun: Maverick” co-writer Ehren Kruger to work on the screenplay. Franchise producer Jerry Bruckheimer now tells ScreenRant he has no idea when Cruise might even have free time in his schedule to shoot the third “Top Gun” film.
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Yikes! Prince Harry has been dragged into Sean “Diddy” Combs‘ sexual abuse allegations!
name has appeared in court documents against Bad Boys Records founder Sean “Diddy” Combs.Producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones recently filed a $30 million lawsuit against the music mogul, 54, citing that he participated in acts such as sexual misconduct, grooming and sex trafficking.According to the docs, Jones claimed that the Duke of Sussex, 39, and other A-listers’ “affiliation” added to Diddy’s “legitimacy.”The update comes amid the Diddy Dirty Money member’s Miami and Los Angeles mansions being raided. The homes were ambushed by federal agents and Homeland Security on Monday in a possible connection with the sex-trafficking investigation. The court papers do not suggest that Harry was involved in any wrongdoing or criminal activity in conjunction with Diddy.