Warner Bros. Tv has responded to a lawsuit filed by Sherri Crichton alleging that the upcoming medical drama The Pitt is basically the identical collection because the well-known drama ER.
In a movement to dismiss the case filed on November 4, Warner Bros. Tv stated that The Pitt is “a totally totally different present from ER,” and that there was no breach of contract made within the improvement and creation of the present.
What did Warner Bros. Tv say concerning the lawsuit?
“The Pitt is a totally totally different present from ER,” the redacted submitting stated (by way of Deadline). “Plaintiff can’t use Mr. Crichton’s ER contract as a speech-stifling weapon to stop Defendants from ever making a present about emergency medication.”
The assertion stems from a lawsuit filed by Sherri Crichton, the widow of ER creator Michael Crichton. In response to the lawsuit, The Pitt was created after negotiations for an ER reboot broke down, and that the collection — which facilities round a hospital set in downtown Pittsburgh — is infringing on the Crichton property’s contractual proper to approve or deny any work that could be spinoff.
“The Pitt isn’t a “spinoff work” of ER,” the movement to dismiss additionally says. “And it could be absurd to interpret the ER Settlement as prohibiting WBTV from ever once more making a medical drama about emergency medication (and Wyle, who was not even a celebration to the Settlement, from ever starring in a single) with out Mr. Crichton’s consent.”
In a response to the movement to dismiss, a consultant for Crichton stated that the transfer was “meritless” and simply “a clear try to dodge discovery and forestall the true information from popping out,” and the submitting’s timing on the anniversary of Michael Crichton’s dying “emblematic of the studio’s callousness and utter disregard for Crichton’s legacy.”
“The defendants’ movement is a clear try to dodge discovery and forestall the true information from popping out. That the defendants filed their meritless movement on the anniversary of Michael Crichton’s dying is emblematic of the studio’s callousness and utter disregard for Crichton’s legacy,” stated Crichton’s spokesperson. “Warner Bros. negotiated with the property for almost a 12 months, understanding it couldn’t proceed with its ER reboot with out the property’s permission. When these discussions failed, Warner Bros. slapped a brand new title on the collection, modified its location, and proceeded anyway in clear violation of Crichton’s contract. The defendants’ last-minute try to rebrand their ER reboot as The Pitt isn’t fooling anybody. The property appears to be like ahead to presenting its case to a jury and is assured it should prevail.”
(Supply: Deadline)
