Sherri Crichton’s Bombshell First Interview On ‘ER’ Lawsuit: Michael Crichton’s Widow Claims ‘The Pitt’ Hatched Just 72 Hours After Sequel Talks Cratered
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros TV this week filed to dismiss a lawsuit by Michael Crichton’s estate that alleged the studio cut the late ER creator out of a new series by changing the venue to an inner-city hospital in Pittsburgh called The Pitt.
The new show has the same EP in John Wells, showrunner R. Scott Gemmill and star Noah Wyle who were part of the ER talks, with the Crichton estate left out.
WBTV claimed that the medical drama is completely different from ER, adding that “plaintiff cannot use Mr. Crichton’s ER contract as a speech-stifling weapon to prevent Defendants from ever making a show about emergency medicine.” In response, Crichton’s widow, Sherri Crichton, here gives Deadline her first interview on the matter.
She answered a series of questions I submitted, and she tells a decidedly different version of events. Right after that, WBTV responds.
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