The screenwriter of the original 1989 movie “Road House” is suing Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its parent company, Amazon Studios, for copyright infringement.
Lance Hill (who also goes by pen name David Lee Henry) wrote the original script for the film starring Patrick Swayze as a bouncer with a Ph.D. in philosophy and a karate black belt who is tasked with cleaning up a small Missouri bar.
A “Road House” remake starring Jake Gyllenhaal is being released on March 21 on Prime Video.
Hill’s lawsuit states that in 2021, he told the original film’s producers, United Artists, that the copyright grant was ending and the rights would revert to him on November 11, 2023.
Hill claims that Amazon Studios ignored his petition and used AI (artificial intelligence) technology in place of real actors during the Screen Actors Guild strike so it could complete the film before the November…
