Warner Bros Files Lawsuit against Superman Heirs' Lawyer

Warner Bros Files Lawsuit against Superman Heirs' Lawyer

Remember how Warner Brothers said they're planning a new "Superman" reboot film in time for December 2012? And fans wondered just HOW that's possible, since DC Comics loses the rights to the Superman character in 2013? Well, I just found this new twist in regards to the latest on the "Superman" legal rights battle.

By StuartGreen01 - May 14, 2010 08:05 PM EST
Filed Under: Superman
Source: The New York Times

Here's an excerpt from the article:

"The suit was filed in the United States District court for the Central District of California against, among others, Marc Toberoff, a lawyer and film producer who helped the heirs of the Superman co-creator Jerome Siegel win a ruling that in 2008 let them recapture rights from Warner.

Mr. Toberoff has also represented the estate of Joseph Shuster, who with Mr. Siegel created Superman as a comic book series in the 1930s.

But Warner's suit on Friday said Mr. Toberoff had worked for years to interfere with agreements between the studio and the heirs, to leave himself with at least 47.5 percent of any rights recovered, while the Siegel heirs and Shuster heirs would each receive only about a quarter of the rights."

This fight for the legal rights to the Superman character just keeps getting worse. There's so much more from the New York Times article. Just click on the link for the full article, and let me know what you guys think of this news.

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