Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor A writer who claims the 2021 comedy “Don’t Look Up” was substantially similar to his self-published novel is suing writer-director Adam McKay and Netflix for copyright infringement.
Author William Collier says that in 2007, he sent his daughter, who was working at Mosaic Media division Jimmy Miller Entertainment, an email with the text of his novel “Stanley’s Comet,” for the company to consider as material.
Collier alleges that his novel had numerous themes and plot points in common with “Don’t Look Up,” which McKay is said to have written in 2019.
Jimmy Miller Entertainment was McKay’s manager at the time and collaborated with him on films such as “Talladega Nights.” The lawsuit was filed in U.S.
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