Television writer Robert Dellinger has filed a copyright-infringment lawsuit againts Nicolas Cage, Intermedia films and four other entertainment companies regarding the upcoming movie "Sonny," reports The Hollywood Reporter. The movie was directed by Cage.
In his suit, filed Tuesday in Los Angeles federal court, Dellinger alleges that he and screenwriter John Carlen -- also listed as a defendant -- co-wrote four separate screenplays in the 1970s that served as the basis for the "Sonny" screenplay, which Carlen sold to Intermedia.
The suit alleges that Dellinger was left out of the deal despite the collaboration between himself and Carlen on the original script.
The defendants include Intermedia Films, Vortex Pictures, Pony Rides, Gold Circle Films, Saturn Films, Carlen and Cage. Dellinger is seeking more than $2 million as well as an injunction to restrict the film from reaching the foreign market.