Gerritsen alleges that Warner Bros owe her damages after adapting Gravity from her book of the same name, but a judge states that there is not enough proof
A US judge has thrown out a contract-breach claim made against Warner Bros, the studio who made Oscar-winning space thriller Gravity.
Tess Gerritsen, the bestselling thriller novelist, sold the film rights to her book Gravity to production company Katja in 1999, who in turn were owned by New Line. She was paid $1m, with an extra $500,000 and 2.5% net profits promised if a film was subsequently produced. She alleges that the film adaptation of Gravity is based on her book, and is seeking $10m in damages.
This is alarming on many levels, and the principles involved go far beyond my individual lawsuit. Every writer who sells film rights to Hollywood must now contend with the possibility that the studio they signed the contract with could be swallowed up by a larger company — and that parent company can then make a movie based on your book without compensating you. It means Hollywood contracts are worthless.
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