This isn’t the first we’ve heard about certain, oh, “suspect business practices” from this company. But it’s the best reaction to said practices that we’ve seen so far. (Hey, TVWriter™ lawyers, how’d we just do?)
Hallmark Hall Of Fame Productions Sued For Stealing Xmas Story From Emmy Nominee – by Nikki Finke (Deadline.Com)
EXCLUSIVE: Bonnie Eskenazi Of Greenberg Glusker filed the lawsuit this morning accusingHallmark Hall Of Fame Productions and McGee Street Productions of usurping screenwriter, director, and producer Brad Wigor’s intellectual property rights for a Christmas TV story called The Night Flyer. Sure, a lot of people claim their project was stolen but few attract a pitbull litigator like Eskenazi who, for instance, has repped the estate of JR Tolkien among other clients against this kind of theft. And Wigor is a four-time Daytime Emmy nominee for Children’s Specials. This project in dispute was a family movie about a troubled teenage boy who lives in Los Angeles and meets an angel, then sprouts angelic wings himself, and after a few false starts ultimately uses his power for good during the Christmas season. Read the entire lawsuit here.