Entertainment & Sports
Mar. 28, 2012
Implied-contract case trial starts
Aaron and Matthew Benay claim "The Last Samurai" breached an implied contract they made when they pitched a screenplay of the same name to the film's producers. Today that case proceeds before a jury.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.'s "The Last Samurai," which starred Tom Cruise and has grossed nearly half a billion dollars since its 2003 release, has been the subject of a contentious dispute ever since.
Today, the case is scheduled to go before a federal court jury. And the outcome of the trial will provide Hollywood's litigators, on the sides of both studios ...
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