The father of a deceased producer and friend of Michael Jackson's has sued the entertainer's estate, claiming he's been denied the opportunity to make a tribute film to Jackson under a contract his son had with the late singer. Sharad Chandra Patel, whose son Raju Patel produced Bachelor Party, a 1994 version of The Jungle Book and The New Adventures of Pinocchio and was a Jackson friend, filed suit Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court to enforce a creditor's claim that was rejected by the Jackson estate. Patel alleges that his son, who died of cancer in 2005, had a
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- 12/3/2015
- by Matthew Belloni
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a movie you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments. "Uncle Alice Presents" Tweetable Logline: "Uncle" Alice Cooper hosts a horror anthology comic book series and TV pilot co-created by Tom Sheppard (Annoying Orange) Elevator Pitch: Look, we all love anthology series like Tales from the Crypt, The Twilight Zone and Alfred Hitchcock Presents, but wouldn’t we love them a Lot more if they were a comic book and TV show hosted by Alice Cooper? Production Team:Emmy Award winner Tom Sheppard, publisher and partner at Dark Matter, Credits: Pinky and the Brain, writer; The New Adventures Of Pinocchio starring Martin Landau, writer. Wrote and directed the independent feature Would I Lie To You? Other recent projects include Adult Swim’s Robot Chicken,...
- 4/16/2013
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
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