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'Terminator' Producer Seeks 'Salvation'

by Gabrielle DiPietro, Mon., Mar. 9, 2009 7:29 AM PDT
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It looks like Skynet’s fleet of robots won’t be the only stiffs fighting their way to salvation in the latest Terminator flick! According to Variety.com, Terminator: Salvation producer Moritz Borman sued fellow producers Derek Anderson, Victor Kubicek and their Halcyon Co. banner for fraud and breach of contract for failure to pay Borman his producing fees ($160 million), Friday in Los Angeles. Can’t we all just get along? Terminator: Salvation, the fourth film in the Terminator franchise, centers on the battle we’ve all been waiting for as John Connor (Christian Bale) leads the human war against killing machines in a post-apocalyptic 2018. Directed by McG, the film is set to hit theaters May 21. Hit the jump for full details about the lawsuit!

From Variety.com “Borman alleged he had arranged for the transfer of the "Terminator" rights to Anderson and Kubiceck but would not have done so had he known of the pair's "shady" background or that the duo had been sued previously for "swindling" other motion picture investors.

Borman's suit alleged that he had helped secure initial financing for "Terminator: Salvation" through investment fund Pacificor LLC and that his deal called for approval rights on the picture and all creative decisions along with a $5 million producing fee and "significant" back-end compensation.

Borman alleges that Anderson and Kubicek "hijacked" the production last July as principal photography was being completed and refused to pay him the $2.5 million balance of his producing fee. "Soon after, it also came to light that Anderson and Kubicek did not have the means to finance the picture, had defaulted on numerous loans and owed over $1 million to creditors on the picture," the suit added.

Warner Bros. has rights to domestic theatrical and TV distribution on "Terminator: Salvation," while Sony obtained international distrib rights to most territories. Halcyon also brought in Jeffrey Silver, who's not named in the complaint, to produce and also hired "Terminator 3" scripters John D. Brancato and Michael Ferris to script.”

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