Robert Wagner Sues over Charlies Angels movies.

**fluff** · 07-14-2003, 02:22 PM

From Hollywood.com

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The veteran actor, best known for starring in the '80s TV hit Hart to Hart and the recent Austin Powers movies, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Sony Pictures Entertainment claiming he is entitled to profits made from the two Charlie's Angels movies due to a deal he made on the development of the 1970s television series, Reuters reports.

The lawsuit details how Wagner and his late wife, actress Natalie Wood, became financially attached to ABC's original Charlie's Angels series when they agreed to star in a 1974 TV movie called The Affair for producers Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg. According to Reuters, the contract gave the acting couple part interest in proposals for five TV shows that Spelling-Goldberg Productions pitched to ABC for the 1974-1975 season, including Charlie's Angels, which ran from 1976 to 1981.

Pursuant to the terms of the original contract, Wagner claims Sony--which has since assumed all rights to the series from Spelling's production company--has refused to pay him his share of the profits from the 2000 film Charlie's Angels, which made $125 million in the U.S., and its 2003 sequel Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, which opened late June and has made $67 million so far.

Reuters reports the lawsuit asks the court to require Sony to include profits from the films in calculating Wagner's share of net profits for the TV series, and to turn over all information and financial records regarding the making of the movies.

"This has to do with whether or not his entitlement to a share in the television series extends to the movie," Wagner's attorney, Samuel Pryor, told Reuters

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joeguy · 07-14-2003, 03:02 PM

I saw the first movie and thought it sucked royally. $125 million? man I can't believe that. glad i didn't pay for it and only saw it on a plane.

**fluff** · 07-14-2003, 04:22 PM

I think the first movie was crap (get your Matrix effects here folks) and expect the second to be more of the same old junk.

Jewelsy · 07-14-2003, 04:58 PM

Jeez... Robert -- GET ON WITH YOUR LIFE!

07-14-2003, 04:22 PM	#3
fluff Why can't we just rewind? Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 40,530	I think the first movie was crap (get your Matrix effects here folks) and expect the second to be more of the same old junk. __________________ "That's Numberwang!"

07-14-2003, 04:58 PM	#4
Jewelsy From the corner of my eye Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Santa Cruz, California Posts: 11,540	Jeez... Robert -- GET ON WITH YOUR LIFE! __________________ "Among the blind, the squinter rules." ~ Gerard Didier Erasmus

07-14-2003, 03:02 PM	#2
joeguy FORT Fogey Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: just above the horizon, but below the ozone Posts: 3,748	I saw the first movie and thought it sucked royally. $125 million? man I can't believe that. glad i didn't pay for it and only saw it on a plane.