Three years after “Prime Gun: Maverick” was launched, and its script is now on the heart of a lawsuit. Visible results artist Shaun Grey, who has collaborated with “Prime Gun: Maverick” screenwriter and cousin Eric Singer on two different movies in line with his IMDb profile, has sued Paramount Photos claiming he wrote a minimum of a dozen “Maverick” motion scenes with out credit score or compensation.
Grey alleged that he labored on the script for 5 months with Singer and director Joseph Kosinski. Singer, Christopher McQuarrie, and Ehren Kruger have writing credit for the function (and have not too long ago reunited for Apple movie “F1”), with Peter Craig and Justin Marks listed with a “story by” credit score. “Prime Gun: Maverick” was Oscar-nominated for Greatest Tailored Screenplay after being launched in 2022.
“This motion seeks justice for Grey, a gifted screenwriter, manipulated and exploited by Hollywood energy gamers, and calls for accountability from Defendants that profited prodigiously by misappropriating Grey’s artistic work,” the lawsuit states. Grey claims that he was key to creating the movie be a “smash hit.” He is also claiming joint possession of the movie’s copyright.
A spokesperson for Paramount stated in a press release to IndieWire that the lawsuit is “fully with out advantage.” Grey’s lawyer Marc Toberoff beforehand sued Paramount on behalf of journalist Ehud Yonay’s household; Yonay wrote the 1983 article that the unique “Prime Gun” was based mostly on. The lawsuit was dismissed in 2024 and is now on attraction.
“This lawsuit, just like the one beforehand introduced by Mr. Toberoff in an try to profit off of the success of ‘Prime Gun: Maverick,’ is totally with out advantage,” a Paramount spokesperson now stated about Toberoff’s different “Prime Gun” case with Grey. “We’re assured {that a} courtroom will reject this declare as properly.”
A supply near “Prime Gun: Maverick” deemed the lawsuit to be a household dispute between Singer and Grey, and never a reliable declare towards Paramount. Grey is known as Singer’s “Prime Gun: Maverick” writing assistant by the supply.
Singer is listed as having labored with Grey on “Solely the Courageous,” which Kosinski additionally directed. Grey is listed as an uncredited “writing guide” on IMDb, and likewise billed as Singer’s author’s assistant on “The Worldwide.”
Singer was named by “Prime Gun: Maverick” army adviser, former Navy fighter pilot J.J. “Yank” Cummings, throughout a 2022 interview with GQ. “Within the early days, it was me, Eric, and Shaun. We spent 5 days straight in a lodge room in San Diego going by the screenplay line by line,” Cummings stated on the time. “A couple of month later, Eric, Shaun, and I did 5 days in Eric’s Santa Monica workplace and Joe dropped in for the final two days to evaluate our work. So sure, we logged quite a lot of time collectively.”
A 3rd “Prime Gun” movie is now within the works, as “Maverick” actor Glen Powell teased.