Weller v. Flynn et al

  1. May 21, 2018

    'Gone Girl' Copyright Infringement Suit Gets The Boot

    An Illinois federal judge on Monday tossed copyright infringement claims lobbed by a woman who claimed "Gone Girl" author Gillian Flynn wrongly stole from a screenplay she wrote years before, saying her alleged infringements are too general to warrant protection.

  2. March 23, 2018

    Writer Fights Fox's Bid To Have 'Gone Girl' IP Suit Tossed

    A writer accusing the author of best-selling thriller "Gone Girl" of stealing her unproduced screenplay idea hit back at Twentieth Century Fox on Thursday, arguing she had, in fact, reasonably pleaded her case that author Gillian Flynn and Twentieth Century Fox had used her ideas for the book and the film of the same name. 

  3. January 18, 2018

    Fox Seeks To Toss 'Gone Girl' Infringement Suit

    Twentieth Century Fox asked an Illinois federal judge Wednesday to dismiss a suit brought by a screenwriter who alleges the studio's hit 2014 film "Gone Girl" infringed upon her work and that the author of the book the movie was based on had also copied from her.

  4. December 07, 2017

    Writer Says 'Gone Girl' Infringes Her Screenplay

    A Nevada writer on Wednesday filed suit in Illinois federal court against the writer of the bestselling thriller "Gone Girl" and the producers of the 2014 hit movie, saying the novel was ripped off of her own unproduced screenplay.

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