Lockout

  • NewsBen Bussey

    Luc Besson Found Guilty Of Plagiarising Escape From New York

    The initial ruling ordered studio EuropaCorp to pay €10,000 (just over £7,300) to director Carpenter, a further €20,000 to  the writers (Carpenter and Nick Castle), and €50,000 to Studiocanal, the film’s current rights holders. Besson (whose other writer-producer credits include the ‘Taken’ and ‘Transporter’ franchises) appealed  the decision, but this did not work out in his favour, as he has now been ordered to pay a total of €450,000 in damages to Carpenter and Studiocanal. By comparison, ‘

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    Sci-Fi Thriller Lockout Plagiarised Escape From New York, Court Rules

    You may have noticed the recent news that a remake of John Carpenter’s 1981 cult classic ‘Escape From New York’ is in the works. Made in France, 2012′s ‘Lockout’ was directed by James Mather and Stephen Saint Ledger, and co-written and produced by French cinema icon Luc Besson (director of ‘Leon,’ ‘The Fifth Element’ and more recently ‘Lucy,’ and producer of the ‘Taken’ and ‘The Transporter’ movies). It starred Guy Pearce as a roguish ex-convict sent on a mission to rescue the President’s daug