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- jjustice, on 02/12/2008, -4/+149Who, Matthew? Mark? I bet it was Luke - that guy's a jerk ;-)
- fluidfoundation, on 02/12/2008, -1/+53Why sign a contract if you don't accept the terms?
- borez, on 02/12/2008, -1/+53It's taken him long enough to sue
- inactive, on 02/12/2008, -15/+66I thought God wrote it?
- inactive, on 02/12/2008, -3/+43sadly being "duped" won't stand up against any contract that the writer signed in agreement to receiving as his "wage" for the screenplay. being pissed off as you were taken advantage of doesn't warrant a law suit.
being a moron and accepting a small fee for writing ANYTHING for a MAJOR player like Gibson deserves a good hard Digg.
dugg. - Hercules, on 02/12/2008, -5/+31Um... "WROTE"?
Give me a break. It's more like "Jesus Christ you are being tried for crimes!"
*beat beat beat*
*semi snuff film in the making*
*impale jesus*
The end.
I don't think I missed anything, did I? What does he want to get PAID FOR? - codered1322, on 02/12/2008, -2/+24Turn the other cheek.
- Asianwaste, on 02/12/2008, -2/+23It happens. Get over it
- GrendelT, on 02/12/2008, -2/+20Lesson to writers: Don't undersell your work if you think it has potential.
Lesson to writers of the Bible: Don't mess with Mel. - jlj1958, on 02/12/2008, -3/+21Always go for a percentage.
- russ3, on 02/12/2008, -0/+16He's done striking so he can sue now?
- v1c1ous, on 02/12/2008, -0/+15oh nice. So now the guy who built my deck is going to charge me royalties everytime i hold a barbecue for my friends.
- niteskunk, on 02/12/2008, -0/+15Based on your grammar, it looks like you aren't too fond of writing in general. :)
- norman619, on 02/12/2008, -0/+13Ye can not have thy cake and partake of it as well.
- rficwizard, on 02/12/2008, -2/+14Which people are those?
- threepio, on 02/12/2008, -0/+12And render unto the writers guild a percentage of all thy profits if the movie becomes a smash. If, however, thy movie is a flop, the writers will be content with a handsome lump sum payment instead.
- bosssmiley, on 02/12/2008, -1/+13Work for hire: you do the job, you get paid, you go away. Anyone who does w.f.h /knows/ that this is the case. Did the cameramen, lighting techs, costume-makers, FX guys, etc get a percentage of the gross? No. They did the job, got paid, put it on their resume and moved on to the next job.
The whiny little manbitch who's suing just wants a cut of the (colossal wedge of) money made by "The Passion". - pintomp3, on 02/12/2008, -9/+20mel gibson is being such a jew.
- sixhoursoflucy, on 02/12/2008, -1/+12He must have been hanging out with John Ritter's family and lost track of time.
- threepio, on 02/12/2008, -0/+11When, as we all know, the Great Satan hisself is, unlike yer lesser demons, red and scaly with a bifucated tail.
- Dorkbot101, on 07/15/2009, -0/+9ever hear of hollywood accounting? NEVER go for a percentage.
- norman619, on 02/12/2008, -7/+15Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s
- Infidelephant, on 02/12/2008, -0/+8WOW - so few words - yet so much ignorance. Sorry dude - but it's true.
First off, the story of the Passion® is found in the New Testament - NOT the Torah.
Secondly, MAN wrote the Bible - not God.
Third, the Passion IS a part of the Christian doctrine - NOT Jewish
And lastly, I may reconsider calling people "r-tards" if you don't have your own facts right. - spyrochaete, on 02/12/2008, -0/+8Give them another chance. You might learn a thing or two from them.
- codered1322, on 02/12/2008, -0/+8Don't hate just because you fail at grammar.
- inactive, on 02/12/2008, -0/+7Apparently whining is a part of the writers' genetic code.
- Otto, on 02/12/2008, -4/+10If he was lied to in order to believe terms were other than what they were, then yes, it will stand up. However, proving that he was lied to may not be possible.
Just something to remember about contracts: if somebody tells you a thing, then that may or may not be true until you get it in writing. Then even if it's not true, it's evidence in a court. - norman619, on 02/12/2008, -3/+9This reminds of of that old saying. "A fool and his money are soon parted." The courts aren't there to protect you from your own stupid business decisions. This is a truth many people fail to understand. I can promise you whatever I want but it doesn't mean jack if it's not in the contract. If you fail to read the contract fully then it's your own fault and are cheating yourself. He should have had a lawyer go over the contract with him BEFORE signing it if he didn't understand any part of it. Hopefully he will learn form this and pay less attention to what his clients says and more to what he puts down in writing.
- Frogee, on 02/12/2008, -4/+10Who would sue over this?
What an *****. - fluidfoundation, on 02/12/2008, -4/+9How very repetitive of your first comment.
- Infidelephant, on 02/12/2008, -5/+10Wait - WHAT??? You mean something actually connected to religion (and Christianity, specifically) actually went on to make bazillions of dollars while exploiting the ignorance and gullibility of someone who unwittingly gave of their "talent" as a show of their faith, belief, and adherence to Almighty God®?
Say it isn't so! - norman619, on 02/12/2008, -0/+5I hate you for telling me who I should hate.
- threepio, on 02/12/2008, -1/+6Tell that to the guy who wrote Howard the Duck
- tensvb, on 02/12/2008, -1/+5Come on, the screenplay was a 120 minutes of bloodbath and the backgroud story was written 2000 years ago.
- iloveazngurlzs, on 02/12/2008, -7/+11I am confused, how did he write it? GOD HAS COME BACK PEOPLE!!!!!!! and mel gibson is cheating him outa money
- inactive, on 02/12/2008, -9/+13mel is acting like a scientologist
- ozzymandiaas, on 02/12/2008, -0/+4but it's all very simple, if you're taking a lesser wage for a lower budget project, you just include a clause in your contract that says "if the budget goes up, so does my fee" apparently he didn't do that. He wasn't necessarily misled anyway. Movies have been known to start out as 8 million dollar projects and end up at 40 many times in the past.
- 55mph, on 02/12/2008, -0/+4That was my first thought. Why sue after so many years? The movie came out in 2003
I sent Gibson a postcard once from the Amazon. He owes me money for Apocalypto. - norman619, on 02/12/2008, -1/+5And 10%
- ChahLi, on 02/12/2008, -6/+10Silly rabbit, gods don't exist. :)
- inactive, on 02/12/2008, -6/+10Shame you're getting dugg down. It's actually pretty funny that people are fighting about who 'wrote' the word of god.
- jmpeagle, on 02/12/2008, -0/+3well he probably hasn't had any work over the past few months and needs money
- georgetds, on 02/12/2008, -0/+3Almost sounds like a "Conspiracy Theory".
- VinnieDaMac, on 02/12/2008, -0/+3ZING!
- orthodoxDrew, on 02/12/2008, -1/+4the torah? i think not.
- artanis, on 02/12/2008, -0/+2There was a story on this just today about all the actors and writers screwed out of their cut because the studio always claims the movies make no profit. They pay their subsidiaries incredible sums to make the movie and the profit is always 0 so nobody else gets any money.
- VinnieDaMac, on 02/12/2008, -0/+2The joke actually works better against the writer. Nice try though.
- thrallie, on 02/12/2008, -2/+4that would be ***** hilarious. But no, this is nothing like that. You don't charge your friends for the barbecue do you?
- sixhoursoflucy, on 02/13/2008, -0/+2Why is this getting dugg down? This is the most insightful comment on here.
- rolf, on 02/12/2008, -1/+3Maybe he oughta write a sequel... or a prequel... give Jesus some midiclorians and Jar Jar Judas some background story :)
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