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Paramount Being Sued Over ‘Top Gun: Maverick’
Source: Topher Gauk-Roger, CNN, June 7, 2022
“Top Gun: Maverick” did not finish until May 2021, more than a year after the studio knew it no longer had the rights to the source material.
(CNN)Paramount Studios is being sued for copyright infringement over “Top Gun” by the family of the author whose article inspired the 1986 film.
In a complaint filed in California federal court Monday, the heirs to Ehud Yonay’s 1983 article, “Top Guns,” state the film distribution company did not reacquire the rights for the recently released sequel, “Top Gun: Maverick.”