A judge on Wednesday ruled that several producers of “The Walking Dead” were not cheated out of profits by AMC Networks, bringing the long-running litigation over the hit show closer to a finale.
Judge Daniel J. Buckley rejected the producers’ claim that AMC Networks had reverse-engineered the definition of “profits” in their contracts in order to keep the vast majority of the show’s profits for itself.
The producers — Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, David Alpert, Charles Eglee and Glen Mazzara — first filed suit in 2017, four years after the show’s creator Frank Darabont — who was fired after the first season — filed a similar claim against AMC.
Darabont and CAA, his agency, won a 200 million settlement in their case last July.
But AMC has continued to fight Kirkman — the comic creator behind “The Walking Dead” series — and the other producers in court in Los Angeles. In July 2020, Buckley ruled in...
Judge Daniel J. Buckley rejected the producers’ claim that AMC Networks had reverse-engineered the definition of “profits” in their contracts in order to keep the vast majority of the show’s profits for itself.
The producers — Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, David Alpert, Charles Eglee and Glen Mazzara — first filed suit in 2017, four years after the show’s creator Frank Darabont — who was fired after the first season — filed a similar claim against AMC.
Darabont and CAA, his agency, won a 200 million settlement in their case last July.
But AMC has continued to fight Kirkman — the comic creator behind “The Walking Dead” series — and the other producers in court in Los Angeles. In July 2020, Buckley ruled in...
- 4/6/2022
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- Variety Film + TV
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