SUBMITTED BY Timbo
January 16, 2004 — Clive Cussler, the bestselling author, is suing Crusader Entertainment for allegedly altering the screenplay for "Sahara" without his consent.
"Crusader materially altered the approved screenplay without Cussler's written consent, denied Cussler's express screenplay approval rights under the agreement and has began to film a screenplay which it knows was explicitly disapproved by Cussler," according to the complaint filed in Los Angeles Superior Court by attorney Bert Fields.
According to Cussler's complaint, Crusader acquired options to purchase the motion picture rights to his novels in May 2001, on condition that Cussler had unqualified right of approval over the screenplays and that the approved script would not be materially changed without his written permission. He said Crusader exercised the right to make films of two of his books but subsequently altered the approved script.
The suit seeks to bar Crusader from exercising any further options or rights under their agreement, except for those rights already purchased, as well as at least $10 million in damages.
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