Wed Sep 2, 2009 6:45PM9 comments ›
Wed Sep 2, 2009 — by Glenn Hauman
Meanwhile, in 'Superman' movie news...
If you ever wonder why DC can't catch a break in movies while Marvel's going gangbusters, consider this piece from the New York Post about the producers of Superman:
MOVIE mogul Jon Peters has been ordered to stay 100 yards away from his "Superman: Man of Steel" co-producer, Brian Quintana -- for allegedly threatening to kapow! him.
The battle between the producers flared up on Aug. 12 when Peters was giving a deposition at a Los Angeles law office for a sexual harassment lawsuit Quintana filed against him. According to a transcript of the deposition, Peters shouted, "I am going to cross this table and beat the [bleep]ing [bleep] out of you. I am going to kick your ass."
Quintana, 41, told Page Six that Peters lunged at him during the session, adding, "His lawyer had to hold him back."
A police report Quintana filed Aug. 14 reads: "Mr. Peters threatened to break my legs. I am afraid, nervous and anxious that Jon Peters is going to hurt or kill me."
Then, on Aug. 19, Quintana got a court order forbidding Peters from threatening, assaulting or harassing him. A hearing is set for Sept. 9 to decide how long the order remains in effect.
Relations between the co-producers have been more charged than kryptonite. As we first reported last year, Quintana filed a suit claiming Peters sexually roughed him up and subjected him to "continuous and pervasive sexual harassment," including "multiple instances where he was physically [and] sexually harassed by Peters."
Peters' lawyer, Joe Yanny, told us, "This restraining order is ridiculous. Mr. Peters did not threaten Mr. Quintana. He is trying to manipulate the system." He said Peters "lost his temper" at the deposition because Quintana was throwing kisses at him. He also said Peters obtained a restraining order to prevent Quintana from saying he was an "employee" of Peters.
Remember, if there isn't a Superman theatrical movie in production by 2011, the Siegel estate gets millions. I wonder if DC can take it out of Peters's scalp.
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Comments (9)
Sean D. Martin (1:35 PM on Thu Sep 3, 2009)
Remember, if there isn't a Superman theatrical movie in production by 2011, the Siegel estate gets millions
In Hollywood what constitutes "in production"? In the place where a movie with multi-$100-million box office is still considered to have lost money if paying out any royalties is concerned, I wouldn't hold my breath if I were a Siegel.
"Yeah, it's in production. We had a 5 minute meeting where we discussed thinking about doing it maybe someday..."
Steve Chaput (7:46 PM on Thu Sep 3, 2009)
I totally agree with Sean on this. The company will stall and have some deal in place just to keep the Siegel family at bay.
Delmo Walters Jr. (9:09 PM on Thu Sep 3, 2009)
Hey Warner Bros., how about firing this f*ck?
Glenn Hauman (11:07 PM on Thu Sep 3, 2009)
Good luck on the stall. The judge already on this case has no sense of humor about it.
And as added incentive, DC could lose the character outright in 2013 unless they can come to a new deal with Siegel & Schuster's estates. If they jerk them around here, they are much more inclined to just leave when the contract comes up for renewal.
Rick Taylor (2:15 PM on Fri Sep 4, 2009)
In turn, Quintana threatened to mess up Peters' hair...
sithlord (12:53 AM on Sun Sep 20, 2009)
i hope no one is going to get there hopes up this next film will take for ever like it did last time and should be burned then once the people who really know the man of steel and how he is and what makes him better super hero so now were talking at least 5 years
Sean D. Martin (2:51 PM on Mon Sep 21, 2009)
Huh?
Punctuation and grammar are your friends. You should use them sometime.
matt28 (2:17 AM on Mon Nov 9, 2009)
i say fuck them and get mario puzo to write a new script to continue superman returns but have more action and have bryan singer or richard donnor im pretty sure they could talk him in to directing it again it would get done because bryan singer doesnt fuck around like the fags ad a different bad guy then lex to like bazaro or braniac and lobone we could use them or even dark seid have a full story that means something and action it would diffentaly be easy to do with the budget thay got they just keep fuckin around
Steve Chaput (1:20 PM on Mon Nov 9, 2009)
Um...is the above comment a joke? Maybe a moderator might want to take a look!