Producer seeks £70m from Spielberg's company
The producer of a film comedy accused of being sympathetic to the IRA is now seeking £70m in a fraud claim against a US studio.
Jerome O’Connor’s court action in Los Angeles accuses DreamWorks, co-owned by Steven Spielberg, of suppressing the film to appease British officials.
The lawsuit originally sought only £7m when filed in February in New York.
O’Connor claims he had an agreement with DreamWorks to distribute An Everlasting Piece in 800 US cinemas but it was shown on only eight screens and earned a paltry £52,000 before being removed.
DreamWorks has called the suit ‘‘patently ludicrous.’’
