In another legal battle over rights, producers James Young, Ford Oelman and Mark Costa of Animus Films and NHO Entertainment are suing World Events (who holds the Voltron pink slips) for negotiating a deal while they were supposed to be in an exclusive timeframe.
“World Events secretly conspired with Jason Netter and Kickstart Entertainment to find investors and make the movie without NHO and Animus during the terms of the exclusive deal,” the suit maintains.
The plaintiffs are suing World Events for breach of contract, fraud and interference with their contractual relations. They are seeking multiple forms of damages.
According to a spokesperson for World Events and Kickstart “this lawsuit is frivolous and without merit, and we will defend ourselves vigorously,” they added “fortunately, these baseless claims do not in any way encumber the film or any other Voltron project, and we are excited to proceed on the long-awaited Voltron feature film with our partner Atlas.”
Sounds like they are pretty confident that this suit is nothing but a bitter grab from a failed negotiation, or at least they are walking the confidence line with their chins up high.
I am curious to see how a live action Voltron could come about, and what to expect. We have already seen how amazing giant robots can look on the big screen, so hopefully the Defender of the Universe can hold that standard.
