Walking Dead Profits Suit Should Be Dismissed, AMC Says – KristenBellTattoos.com

AMC wants a $200 million lawsuit. the walking Dead Creators will be Robert Kirkman, Gale Ann Hurd and Associate Executive Producer DOA

“After a crushing loss in state court on various theories, the plaintiffs are at it again, now asking this court to award them multimillion-dollar damages through a new argument that the plain language or contract “There is no support in the purpose of the provision (called a ‘most favored nation’ or ‘MFN’ clause) that the plaintiffs rely on,” the James Dolan-led company filed in federal court on January 13. announced in a late-filed memorandum motion to dismiss (read it here).

Now if you’re confused, let’s be clear: This is not about the alleged hand-me-downs of the TWD profits that Kirkman, Heard, David Alpert, Charles Eglie and former showrunner Glenn Mazzara made at AMC in 2017. was filed against After being chopped and diced in a mini-trial in 2020, and then further hacked by a retired L.A. Superior Court judge, the remainder of the case that was bound by the lawsuit is now going behind closed doors to arbitration. are, as the KristenBellTattoos.com came out on January 9. .

Several over the course of a decade TWD The profit lawsuit, the breach of contract that AMC is seeking to end is “two-faced conduct,” was filed by Kirkman and Co. at the LASC on November 14 last year. Moved to federal court in mid-December due to jurisdictional issues, the case is an attempt by the same EPs to have a revised adjusted gross receipts definition that they say was in line with the original. TWD Exhibitor Frank Darabont also gave them.

After suing AMC in late 2013, just like that TWD Moving into his blockbuster years, Shawshank Redemption The director and CAA abruptly ended a years-long legal battle in July 2021. As the NYC trial began, AMC settled with Darabont and Darabont with a $200 million “cash payment” and “a share of certain revenues related to certain future streaming exposures.” Super agency

Now, looking to present its POV before Judge Fernando L. Enle Rocha at a March 10 hearing, AMC says the Darabont deal compares to the CAA-related demands of Kirkman, Heard, and Staff. Karna is a case of false equivalency.

“Because the Darabont settlement did not include the creation of a more favorable MAGR definition—or no MAGR definition at all—plaintiffs’ contracts did not trigger MFNs, and plaintiffs’ claims were not met,” states Gibson, Dunn & AMC of AMC. should be rejected,” says Gibson, Dunn & AMC. Crutcher LLP attorneys in their paperwork last week. “An unambiguous contractual provision must be given its clear meaning,” he said, matching his initial response to the lawsuit a few months ago.

“Under the plain and unambiguous terms of Plaintiffs’ agreements, MFNs are triggered only if the other profit-sharer receives a more ‘favorable’ . . . definition of MAGR than Plaintiffs,” A motion to dismiss the memo has been added. “Because the Darabont settlement does not create a more favorable definition of MAGR, plaintiffs’ claims fail as a matter of law.”

Whether that convinces Judge Enle Rocha to drop the case or whether it goes to trial remains to be seen.

Although AMC’s request for a March 10 hearing on the motion to dismiss has not yet been placed on the case calendar, a March 17 scheduling conference has been signed.

This was about three months before the NYC set. The Walking Dead: Dead City, the first of a trio of new spinoffs from the now-defunct parent show, is set to debut. In contrast to Fear the Walking Dead, Stories of the Walking Dead, And The Walking Dead: World Beyond In the series, Kirkman and Hurd have no active roles, led by Lorraine Cohen and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Dead citynor did Norman Reedus star. Daryl Dixon and a Danai Guerra and Andrew Lincoln spinoff premiering in 2024.