03-29-2024, 11:04 AM
News - Judge Refuses To Dismiss Robert Kirkman's Walking Dead Lawsuit
<p>The Walking Dead may have come to an end in 2022, but the potential courtroom battle for the show’s profits will continue. Via <a href="https://deadline.com/2024/03/walking-dead-robert-kirkman-lawsuit-not-dismissed-1235868187/">Deadline</a>, a federal court judge has denied AMC’s attempt to dismiss the profit participation lawsuit filed by Walking Dead co-creator Robert Kirkman, executive producers Gale Anne Hurd and David Alpert, as well as former showrunners Charles Eglee and Glen Mazzara.</p><p>Frank Darabont, the original Walking Dead showrunner who developed the comic for television, kicked off over a decade of legal headaches for AMC when he and his representatives at CAA filed a lawsuit against the cable network in 2013. Among other issues, Darabont contended that AMC’s self-dealing in-house licensing fees cut him out of his promised share of the show’s revenue. Darabont also argued that his dismissal from the series during the production of Season 2 was an attempt to keep him from being fully financially vested in that season, which would have also impacted his payday.</p><p>AMC settled with Darabont and CAA in 2021 to the tune of $200 million. And it’s because of that settlement that U.S. District Judge Fernando Aenlle-Rocha ruled that Kirkman and the others can continue with their own lawsuit against the network.</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/judge-refuses-to-dismiss-robert-kirkmans-walking-dead-lawsuit/1100-6522219/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>
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<p>The Walking Dead may have come to an end in 2022, but the potential courtroom battle for the show’s profits will continue. Via <a href="https://deadline.com/2024/03/walking-dead-robert-kirkman-lawsuit-not-dismissed-1235868187/">Deadline</a>, a federal court judge has denied AMC’s attempt to dismiss the profit participation lawsuit filed by Walking Dead co-creator Robert Kirkman, executive producers Gale Anne Hurd and David Alpert, as well as former showrunners Charles Eglee and Glen Mazzara.</p><p>Frank Darabont, the original Walking Dead showrunner who developed the comic for television, kicked off over a decade of legal headaches for AMC when he and his representatives at CAA filed a lawsuit against the cable network in 2013. Among other issues, Darabont contended that AMC’s self-dealing in-house licensing fees cut him out of his promised share of the show’s revenue. Darabont also argued that his dismissal from the series during the production of Season 2 was an attempt to keep him from being fully financially vested in that season, which would have also impacted his payday.</p><p>AMC settled with Darabont and CAA in 2021 to the tune of $200 million. And it’s because of that settlement that U.S. District Judge Fernando Aenlle-Rocha ruled that Kirkman and the others can continue with their own lawsuit against the network.</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/judge-refuses-to-dismiss-robert-kirkmans-walking-dead-lawsuit/1100-6522219/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>
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