M.U.S.E. Picture Productions Holding Corp. v. Weib
In 1997, defendants and cross-complainants Robert D.
Weinbach and Cyclone Productions Inc. (Cyclone) entered into
a settlement agreement (1997 settlement agreement) with
plaintiffs and cross-defendants M.U.S.E. Picture Productions
Holding Corporation II, Muse Productions, Inc., and Chris
Hanley, the President of Muse Productions, Inc., (collectively,
Muse) to develop a film based on the novel “The Killer Inside Me”
(novel) and a screenplay written by Weinbach. In early 2009,
after failing to produce a film with Weinbach and Cyclone, Muse
sold its rights to the novel to cross-defendant Windwings
Productions, LLC (Windwings), who in turn sold its rights to the
novel to cross-defendant Kim Productions LLC (Kim); Kim
released a film based on the novel in 2010 that did not use any
portion of Weinbach’s screenplay.1
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