NEWS - TONY-WINNING DIRECTOR JULIE TAYMOR SUES PRODUCERS OF 'SPIDERMAN'IN FED COURT FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGMENT

 my band cant catch a break with this investment of song writting for this play, saying it one more time, bono...NEVER VENTURE INTO THIS GENRE AGAIN! youve dont it, no need to revisit this again. just saying. MICHELLE

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Tony-winning director Julie Taymor sues producers of 'Spider Man' in fed court for copyright infringement  

 

Producers: We're happy to let courts decide if Taymor wronged

BY Barbara Ross
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

November 8 2011, 7:22 PM

Axed Spidey director Julie Taymor is casting a new web — and in this one the producers who booted her from the now-hit show are the villains.

Taymor filed a million-dollar copyright infringement suit Tuesday, charging the money men behind the comic book musical cheated her out of royalties, and stole her work.

The Tony winner was booted from "Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” after spending years fine-tuning the accident-prone show and writing the book.

After critics savaged it, Taymor was unceremoniously shown the door.

Taymor's lawyer, Charles Spada, said his client, who won a Tony as director of the Broadway version of The Lion King, spent more than seven years creating the musical but was paid just $150,000 for her labor.

Producers Michael Cohl and Jeremiah Harris deny they owe Taymoranything.

“The production has indeed compensated Ms. Taymor for her contribution as a co-book writer,” they said in a statement. “The court system will provide, once and for all, an opportunity to resolve this dispute.”

Taymor’s 71 page lawsuit says the show routinely pulls in more than $1.4 million a week as ticket holders shell out $100 per seat.

Spada said the producers "violated Ms. Taymor's creative rights as an author" of the show.

"Ms. Taymor continues to support the talented and hardworking cast and crew, and she remains proud of her creative work on the production for over seven years, not only as an author, but as the director, mask designer, and collaborator, " Spada said.

Taymor got support last June from her union, the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, which filed an arbitration claim against the producers in June to protect Taymor’s rights and compensation.

U2 band mates Bono and the Edge, who created the score for the comic-book musical, recruited Taymor in 2002 to work on the adaptation.