Lawsuit Atempts to Stall Death Race

Posted by bob in Films, News on August 20th, 2008

Even though Death Race is a remake of the 1970s Roger Corman thriller Death Race 2000, screenwriter Adam Stone has filed a copyright infringement suit against the film, due to open on Friday. Rather than see Corman elements, all he sees are the similarities between his project, Joust, which he claims was once seen by director Paul S.W. Anderson and producer Jeremy Bolt.

Stone’s suit, according to The Hollywood Reporter, alleges that Bolt kept a copy of the screenplay and used that for the new film from Universal Studios’ Rogue Pictures division. He can find 39 points of similarity and asks a judge to prevent the film from opening.