James Cameron Sued By Author For ‘Avatar’  James Cameron |
Academy award winner filmmaker James Cameron is under the fire of lawsuit after he has been accused of plagiarism. Cameron has been blamed of stealing the idea of writer Kelly Van for his blockbuster movie ‘Avatar’.
Writer Kelly Van has claimed that Cameron copied her idea from her online book ‘Sheila the Warrior: The Damned’. Van also added that from storyline to the setting and the scene are all copied from her book.
However, Cameron has dismissed the allegations and insisted that he has never read her book.
But, Van is not convinced and has filed the papers alleging that both the director and the movie studio 20th Century Fox plagiarised her plot and character details.
Chris Petrikin, the spokesperson of Fox studio claimed, “It's absolutely baseless. Jim Cameron's treatment for 'Avatar' was written before Ms. Van alleges she even started to write her book.”
Whereas, Van's lawyer Kevin Mirch insisted, "We did a lot of research, and the copyright says 'Avatar' was copyrighted on April 1 of 2007. The date of (Van's) creation was in 2000, and it was published on the internet in 2003. 'Avatar' was done much later."
"It's just contrary to what they said to us - which they did in a very rude manner. Cameron's lawyer wrote us a letter saying they would go after our law firm and our client if it wasn't dismissed immediately. To have letters that say they're going to sue us and they're going to make us go bankrupt is bad business," he added.
