Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Actor Adam Sandler sued

A lawsuit has been filed by an Austrailian production company against actor Adam Sandler and his production company Happy Madison Productions claiming that his movie I now Pronounce you Chuck and larry has a plot and story that is similar to a 2004 movie that they produced in Austrailia.
Strange Bedfellows is the name of the movie and it starred actor Paul Hogan who is best known for his Crocodile Dundee films in America. The film was the number one movie in Austrailia in 04 grossing over 5 million dollars. I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry has to date grossed almost 150 million dollars so far.
The Austrailian production company, Strange Bedfellows Pty. Ltd. alleges that Happy Madison Productions "continuously infringed copyright by distributing, selling, producing, and claiming authorship" over I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry when the idea was taken from their movie Strange Bedfellows.

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