‘Obsession’ Producer Sues Production for Not Sharing Profits
Vulture • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Leonora Ann Darby, executive producer of the film Obsession, is suing co-founders James Harris and Mark Lane of Tea Shop Productions for not acknowledging her key contributions and failing to fairly compensate her after the film’s $505.7 million global success.
- Darby alleges she was promised a third of the film’s profits for her role in planning key reshoots and ensuring director Curry Barker was the final editor, as well as for making critical plot changes that contributed to the film’s success.
- The lawsuit details Darby’s influence on the film’s narrative, including adjustments to character arcs and the integration of supernatural elements, which she claims created a new successful direction for the movie.
- Darby accuses Harris and Lane of treating her as a subordinate and not fulfilling promises, including excluding her from the Los Angeles premiere.
- Her attorney, Thomas K. Richards, stated that Darby has substantial claims supported by detailed evidence and is committed to pursuing the case fully.
