‘Britannia’ Lawsuit: Sky Sued For $8.5M By Writer Who Claims Idea For Roman Series Was Stolen
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Sky and the executive producer of Britannia have been slapped with a £6.5M ($8.5M) lawsuit in the UK by a writer who claims the fantasy Roman Empire series was stolen.
Britannia ran for three seasons on Sky before Deadline revealed its cancelation in 2023. Starring The Walking Dead actor David Morrissey as a military leader who spearheads the Roman invasion of Britannia, the drama aired on Amazon Prime Video and later Epix in the U.S.
Benjamin Crushcov, a writer and teacher, has alleged in a High Court lawsuit that Sky and other defendants misappropriated his idea and original script for Britannia, and then conspired to cover-up the drama’s true origins.
James Richardson, co-founder of Britannia producer Vertigo Films, is named as a defendant. The third defendant is Karen Hyland, a journalist who Crushcov accuses of taking a copy of his work and handing it to Richardson.
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