John Landis now going after 'Thriller' theater production
Wed Jan 28, 2009 @ 05:19PM PSTBy Matthew Belloni
Last week we noted with mild nausea that Michael Jackson had been sued yet again, this time by director John Landis, who wants his 50% share of proceeds from the legendary "Thriller" music video and documentary.
Now Landis is targeting a planned musical theater production of "Thriller," seeking to stop Jackson and producer Nederlander from proceeding with a project that allegedly would infringe some of Landis's work on the video.
Here's the new "Thriller" complaint for declaratory relief.
Landis is claiming he owns at least 50% of the "separated rights" to the video and documentary, which he says includes the "dramatic rights" to make a musical. Jackson was required to get Landis's permission to do a deal with Nederlander, which he never did, according to the complaint.
The complaint alleges Jackson is getting in the ballpark of $400,000 from Nederlander, which seems low to us but admittedly we're not experts on musical theater rights deals.
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