A copyright infringement lawsuit has been filed in opposition to Showtime Networks and Lionsgate’s Leisure One concerning the favored Yellowjackets sequence.
Yellowjackets premiered on Showtime in November 2021. Created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, the sequence — which revolves round a highschool ladies’ soccer staff that’s concerned in a airplane crash after which has to outlive within the wilderness — premiered its second season in March 2023, whereas a 3rd season is now within the works.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, the corporate that holds the rights to a survival thriller film known as Eden, which was launched in 2015, filed a copyright infringement lawsuit on November 14, 2024, in New York federal courtroom in opposition to Showtime Networks and Lionsgate’s Leisure One.
What else do we all know concerning the Yellowjackets lawsuit?
The lawsuit claims that Yellowjackets “copied” a few of the “most substantive parts” from Eden (to not be confused with the forthcoming Ron Howard film of the identical title). Directed by Shyam Madiraju, Eden additionally revolves round a soccer staff that’s concerned in a airplane crash after which struggles to stay alive whereas awaiting rescue.
Much like the Showtime present, Eden moreover “follows the emergence of a charismatic, demagogic chief who incites violence and an entourage that includes a coach, coach, head coach’s little one, and a personality of the other gender to the staff,” in line with The Hollywood Reporter.
The grievance states, “In each works, the survivors, which embrace varied gamers and the coach, amongst others, should struggle for his or her lives in opposition to the cruel parts, hunger via dwindling sources, and the psychological toll of isolation within the type of rising darkness inside themselves. As they wrestle to outlive, tensions rise, alliances type, darkish secrets and techniques emerge, and ethical boundaries are pushed to their limits—blurring the road between good and evil.”
The corporate, Eden Movie Manufacturing, is in search of “unspecified damages and an injunction barring the makers of Yellowjackets from additional exploiting the sequence.”