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'Battle: Los Angeles' to Battle 'Skyline' in Court
17 August 2010 3:08 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Battle: Los Angeles and Skyline both promise a showdown between mankind and evil extra-terrestrials bent on destroying us -- but before that happens, it appears we have to deal with another conflict first -- a potential legal battle between the two projects.
Sony Pictures Entertainment has their gaggle of lawyers investigating legal action against Skyline filmmakers Greg and Colin Strause. The issue is that the Strause brothers own a special effects company named Hydraulx and they were hired to do visual effects work on Battle: Los Angeles -- and they forgot to mention they were working on their own alien invasion film at the same time.
While many are quick to view this as a "David Vs. Goliath" tale of two filmmakers being threatened by a giant corporation, things aren't so clear cut. As a Deadline article points out, the Strause brothers were hired for the Battle: Los Angeles job »
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