Plaintiffs Oscar Colvin Jr. and Torrrance J. Colvin assert they wrote Freedom and Tarantino borrowed from it to create the film, according to court documents acquired by The Wrap.
Advertisement
DOH: 53% drop in fireworks-related injuries in 2015
A total of 155 or 86 percent of the victims were males; 133 of them sustained hand injuries while 20 suffered head injuries. DOH said the girl was playing near Ipo Dam when she was hit by a stray bullet in the back on Christmas Eve.
The lawsuit against Tarantino also lists The Weinstein Company and Columbia Pictures as defendants in the matter, both are the production and distribution companies for Django Unchained. Within the case of Django Unchained, Tarantino has already credited several different films as direct inspirations & sources, together with Sergio Corbucci’s Django.
Alabama defeats Michigan State at Cotton Bowl
Allen had two of Alabama’s four sacks as the Crimson Tide defense pressured Spartans quarterback Connor Cook the entire evening. After the play, the referee picked up the flag and said there was no roughing the passer since McDowell hit Coker in the chest.
Referring to the Freedom script, the suit said, “Before Django Freeman, there was an escaped slave named Jackson Freeman who desired to purchase his family’s freedom from a malevolent plantation owner”.
Calm prevails after Iraq troops routed IS from Ramadi centre
Iraqi government forces have been fighting to retake the city – about 90km (55 miles) west of the capital, Baghdad – for weeks. Officials say Islamic State fighters have retreated from about 70 percent of city, but still control the rest.
ANDREW COOPER A father-and-son screen writing team are accusing Quentin Tarantino of ripping off their script for his movie, ‘Django Unchained, ‘ starring Christoph Waltz (l.) and Django Jamie Foxx.
The lawsuit claimed the Colvins registered Freedom in 2004 with the Writers Guild Of America.
The file goes on to read: ‘There are a plethora of similarities between Freedom and Django Unchained. From Pulp Fiction to his latest offering, The Hateful Eight, he’s won awards and great praise for his works.
Advertisement
Quentin Tarantino now faces a law suit for allegedly stealing the script of his 2012 film Django Unchained from a script called Freedom. The suit does not specify an exact figure in terms of damages, but is looking for compensation “in an amount in excess of hundreds of millions of dollars to be proven at trial”.
