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Half of Lionsgate-Weinstein suit over "Push" dismissed
Half of the bicoastal lawsuit pitting Lionsgate Films against The Weinstein Co. over the
distribution of a "Push: Based on a Novel by Sapphire" was dismissed in a New York courtroom,
court papers show today. Both companies filed lawsuits in Los Angeles and New York Feb. 4,
claiming they had an agreement with producers to distribute the movie based on the story of
a young, illiterate woman who is the victim of incest and trying to find her way in 1980s Harlem.
The film stars Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz and Gabourey Sidibe, who portrays Precious Jones,
the central character in the film.
Lionsgate got to court first, suing Weinstein in Los Angeles just hours before TWC filed its
suit against Lionsgate in New York. TWC also separately sued the agents for the producers,
alleging fraud. On May 6, a New York judge dismissed the Weinstein suit against Lionsgate.
In doing so, he rejected Weinstein's claim that New York is the more appropriate location
for the litigation to take place because most of the witnesses live there. The judge said
the parties "have a presence" in both New York and Los Angeles and frequently travel between
both cities.
In its Los Angeles suit, Lionsgate is seeking a judge's ruling that it owns the rights to
distribute "Push" in the United States and Canada. Weinstein attorneys say the company had
a firm agreement with the film's producers and that Lionsgate interfered. But Lionsgate
counters that the producers signed a written agreement stating they had no written or verbal
agreement with Weinstein.
(Los Angeles Daily News)
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