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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Sept 2, 2016 12:00:22 GMT -6
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Sept 8, 2017 19:58:03 GMT -6
www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/hollywood-docket-kickboxer-trial-pacquaio-lawsuit-knock-filmchella-fight-1036333Hollywood Docket: 'Kickboxer' Trial A roundup of entertainment law news. Movie mogul Ted Field is set to stand trial next week in a legal fight over a $500,000 loan he solicited for a remake of Kickboxer, the 1989 film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. Central Films Media, run by Fernando Sulichin (Snowden), sued Field and Radar Pictures in 2015, and early this year added fraud claims, alleging that it issued a bridge loan for the film after Field was "extremely aggressive" in soliciting the money and that he breached their agreement by failing to repay the loan on time. In a trial brief filed Thursday, Central Films attorney Mathew Rosengart calls field a "self-proclaimed former billionaire, but now serial fraudster." During Field's deposition, which Rosengart notes the court had to compel, he testified that there was still $375,000 outstanding on the loan. The filing also notes that the mogul's attorney Jonathan Freund told The Hollywood Reporter in January that "[Sulichin] is going to get paid. The film was profitable." On Friday, Freund told THR "the contractual obligation has been fully satisfied." The initial loan aside, Central Films is also pursuing punitive damages of at least $1.5 million, arguing that Field has been defrauding people with malice. "Field's scheme to bilk investors with callous disregard for their rights is part of a pattern, and the time has come for Field and his company Radar Pictures ... to be punished for their misconduct," Rosengart writes. Central Films is also asking the court to hold Field personally liable for the alleged conduct, arguing that he "exercised complete control over Radar" and the two are "in effect, one and the same." (The full brief is posted below.) Field's Jumanji sequel is set to be released in December, and he currently has several other producing projects in the works including an adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The bench trial before Judge Gerald Rosenberg is set to begin Monday.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Sept 15, 2017 20:39:24 GMT -6
variety.com/2017/film/news/netflix-buys-clive-owen-thriller-anon-1202560926/PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENTS Producers Rob Hickman and Dimitri Logothetis, who produced “Kickboxer: Vengeance” and “Kickboxer: Retaliation,” have announced the third installment, “Kickboxer: Armageddon,” Variety has learned exclusively. Logothetis will again co-write with Jim McGrath and return to direct the third installment, while Alain Moussi, Sara Malakul Lane, and Steven Swadling will return to the cast. “Kickboxer: Vengeance” is a remake of the original 1989 “Kickboxer,” which starred Jean Claude Van Damme and grossed $14 million on a $1.5 million budget.
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