The Room director Tommy Wiseau has been ordered to pay around $970,000 to the makers of a documentary about his disastrous cult movie after thwarting its release.The makers of the unflattering documentary, titled Room Full of Spoons, wanted to release the project in 2017 alongside The Disaster Artist, which starred James Franco as Wiseau in a film documenting the shambolic making of The Room.However, Wiseau obtained an injunction in Toronto, claiming the documentary violated his copyright by using clips from his film and invaded his privacy, revealing Wiseau’s origins in Poland, which had long remained a mystery.According to Variety, after a January trial Ontario Superior Court Judge Paul Schabas ruled in favour of documentary makers
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