Conner Flowers has tragically passed away at just 32 years old.
18.01.2023 - 04:31 / deadline.com
AMC wants the $200 million profits lawsuit from The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd and fellow executive producers to be D.O.A.
“Having lost resoundingly in state court on different theories, Plaintiffs are at it again, now asking this Court to hand them a multimillion-dollar windfall through a new argument that finds no support in the plain language or purpose of the contractual provision (known as a ‘most favored nation’ or ‘MFN’ clause) on which Plaintiffs rely,” declares the James Dolan-led company in a motion to dismiss memorandum filed late on January 13 in federal court (read it here).
Now if you are confused, let’s be clear: this is not about the TWD profit participation alleged sleight of hand action that Kirkman, Hurd, David Alpert, Charles Eglee and ex-showrunner Glen Mazzara filed in 2017 against AMC. After being sliced and diced in a mini-trial in 2020, and then hacked up further by a now retired LA Superior Court judge, the remnants of that trial bound matter are now going behind the closed doors of arbitration, as Deadline revealed on January 9.
Over a decade of many a TWD profits lawsuits, this breach of contract action that AMC is trying to get tossed out is the one over “two faced treatment” that Kirkman and company filed in LASC on November 14 last year. Shifted over to federal court in mid-December due to jurisdictional issues, this lawsuit is an attempt by the same EPs to have the modified adjusted gross receipts definition that they say was accorded to original TWD showrunner Frank Darabont also given to them.
After suing AMC in late 2013, just as TWD was moving into its blockbuster years, the Shawshank Redemption director and CAA ended years of bitter legal battle suddenly in
Conner Flowers has tragically passed away at just 32 years old.
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