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Director M. Night Shyamalan was cleared of all charges after being accused of impersonating Apple TV + Servant.
A unanimous federal judge ruled in favor The sixth meaning The exit is a seven -day trial in Riferside, California.
The Italian director Francesca Gregorini was seeking to get up to 81 million dollars as compensation after he claimed that Xiamalan and his collaborators had raised narrative elements from her movie 2013 The truth is about Emmanuel.
The film narrated the story of a woman who treats a child’s doll as if she was her child, and a nanny is in line with illusion.
diverse Reports that Xiamalan witnessed it and ServantThe other creators did not see or hear about the Gregorini movie before litigation, describing the situation “clearly, 100 %, misunderstanding.”
Oscar -winning director Xiamalan is famous for classics The sixth meaning and Unbreakable. His films are said to have achieved more than $ 3.3 billion (2.7 billion pounds).
“This accusation is the exact opposite of everything I do and all I try to represent,” Xiamalan said in court. “I never allowed it. None of the people I have did with anything like that.”
Gregorini claimed that the viewer is in Servant Where the nanny treats a doll as a real child, and it was lighter, it was uploaded from her movie.
Shiamalan argued that the scene of a fainting character was not original enough to be written. He said, “We have all seen hundreds and hundreds of times.” “Hitchcock did it in Rebeccaand infamousmaybe Sabotage. It is just something that no one has. “
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The lawyers of Shiamalan also pointed to many differences between projects, noting this Servant It is a supernatural excitement The truth is about Emmanuel It is a coming drama. The jury was shown on the first three episodes of the show as well as the film at the beginning of the experiment.
Jessica Bell and Kaya Scudlaro, starring, starring, The truth is about EmmanuelShe played at the Sandans Film Festival when it was first released. It was not a great success, as it achieved only $ 226 in Los Angeles and 9 dollars from one scenes in Philadelphia.
“Ansa.” Shiamalan’s lawyer Bretani Imadi told the court when the trial began. “
She seeks to get $ 81 million to work. The truth is the creators Servant Do not condemn anything to Mrs. Gregorini. “