‘John Wick’ Producer Sued
You Double-Crossed Me With Donnie Yen, Michelle Yeoh
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Donnie Yen and Michelle Yeoh are on the heart of an alleged Hollywood double-cross … with a veteran producer claiming the corporate behind ‘John Wick’ hijacked his stars and reduce him out of the motion.
Arthur Sarkissian is suing Basil Iwanyk and Basil’s firm, Thunder Street Movies … claiming they torpedoed a film he spent years and a bunch of cash growing.
Within the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, Arthur says he first teamed with Thunder Street on “The Father” and paid to rewrite the script for Yen … however as a substitute of manufacturing the film, he claims Thunder Street dangled a much bigger paycheck in entrance of Yen for “John Wick: Chapter 4” … killing Arthur’s mission within the course of.
He says the movie then received a second life as “The Mom,” with Yeoh hooked up and worldwide presales allegedly reaching as excessive as $18 million. Arthur claims he was promised an $850K producer charge and even introduced his handpicked director aboard.
However the mission allegedly hit one other wall when Yeoh determined she didn’t wish to play a mom of two — transferring the function to Jennifer Lopez.
Arthur claims Thunder Street instructed him they have been working to avoid wasting the movie … whereas secretly procuring round Hollywood for a substitute script.
The go well with says the search led to “The Surgeon,” one other Yeoh motion flick — solely this time, Arthur says his promised payday was nowhere to be discovered.
He is suing Thunder Street and Iwanyk for breach of contract, profiting off his work with out paying him, and making guarantees they did not maintain … in search of not less than the $850K, plus growth prices, misplaced income, and punitive damages.
