http://www.mediafire.com/file/wkfnmkzttmz/DODGEBALL-v-Fox-Denial.pdf

I've been trying to follow this lawsuit and wondered if anyone knows what the status is.

The denial of summary judgement link is above. Interesting reading.

This was a good read, thanks.  Very interesting stuff. I liked the movie.

What are your thoughts on it cloroxmartini?

I can see that many elements in the films are stereotypical Hollywood, and underdog sports stories, but for me there are too many similarities, and I hope the original writers get what they should.

How do they work out how much they get? Is it a percent of something, or what?

i actually have no idea how this works. if it's anything like (non-movie) contract issues i'm familiar with, there is always a settlement option. the parties can agree to anything withing the law.

the original complaint contained an exhibit of the plaintiff's script, which if i were to read before watching Dodgeball, i would have thought they basically ripped it off.

it's that this issue has fallen off the radar in the last two years and i wanted to find out how and if it was settled.

I'd be very interested to know how this case panned out.

When I started reading the PDF, I thought that the Plaintiff was being unreasonable, however I really think they have a solid case.  In the end, too much stacks up in their favor.

Now, you could easily argue that they were both skewing an entire sub-genre of films, so there are bound to be similarities, but like I said, there are just too many of them.

The most shocking one being that he coincidentally wrote 90% of the film right after possibly having access to it.