Producer Claims to Be Cut From Profits
The Hollywood Reporter • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Executive producer Leonora Ann Darby has filed a lawsuit against fellow Tea Shop Productions co-founders James Harris and Mark Lane, alleging they cut her out of her promised share of profits from the hit film Obsession.
- Darby claims she played a key lead producer role in Obsession, helping to restore the director's cut and shape the film creatively, but was excluded from net profit participation after the film's $500 million success.
- The suit alleges Harris and Lane breached a 2024 agreement granting Darby one-third of net profits for projects she lead-produced, and blocked her from public recognition and participation in the film's financial proceeds.
- Darby is seeking a full accounting of profits and unpaid compensation, citing a pattern of broken promises and diminished acknowledgment of her contributions at Tea Shop Productions.
- Representatives for Tea Shop Productions and the accused producers have not yet commented on the lawsuit.
