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Warner Bros haunted by 'true story' marketing of The Conjuring as $900m copyright lawsuit gives chase

on Apr 7, 2017 | 0 comments

By John McCarthy

Movie studio Warner Bros has found itself on the receiving end of one of the odder lawsuits to come through Hollywood in recent years, courtesy of its ‘Based on the Case Files of the Warrens’ marketing around the movie series ‘The Conjuring’.

The series is based upon the memoirs of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, who gained infamy for their tales of a series of ghostly activity that supposedly occurred. These stories are documented in the autobiographical and ‘non-fiction’ novel, the Demonologist, by litigant Gerard Brittle, who claims the pair signed away the rights to their Read full story ›

Source: The Drum