Film company Morgan Creek Productions have tried to acquire Tupac Shakur's life rights from Amaru Entertainment and his mother Afeni Shakur, apparently intent on making a bio-film about the rapper and using his actual music in the movie.
According to Amaru the company tried to acquires these rights illegally "by concocting a nonexistent 'agreement' and engaging in heavy-handed threats."
The agreement mentioned is one Morgan Creek insists existed and sued Amaru for after the company allegedly backed out of the deal, resulting in this cross-suit by Amaru against Morgan Creek for $10million.
A lawyer for Amaru Entertainment has stated, "There is no agreement with Morgan Creek, there never was, and there never will be."
The two companies have in fact been in a battle for five months now with no end in sight.
"Instead of negotiating in good faith with [Amaru], they sought to obtain the rights by concocting a non-existent 'agreement' and engaging in heavy-handed threats, coercion and intimidation to interfere with and ultimately destroy the film project," a representative for Amaru Entertainment explained.
The best news I can read out of all of this is? A Tupac Shakur biography movie will one day (hopefully soon) be made.
According to Amaru the company tried to acquires these rights illegally "by concocting a nonexistent 'agreement' and engaging in heavy-handed threats."
The agreement mentioned is one Morgan Creek insists existed and sued Amaru for after the company allegedly backed out of the deal, resulting in this cross-suit by Amaru against Morgan Creek for $10million.
A lawyer for Amaru Entertainment has stated, "There is no agreement with Morgan Creek, there never was, and there never will be."
The two companies have in fact been in a battle for five months now with no end in sight.
"Instead of negotiating in good faith with [Amaru], they sought to obtain the rights by concocting a non-existent 'agreement' and engaging in heavy-handed threats, coercion and intimidation to interfere with and ultimately destroy the film project," a representative for Amaru Entertainment explained.
The best news I can read out of all of this is? A Tupac Shakur biography movie will one day (hopefully soon) be made.
