Perhaps Merry Gentleman might have been able to present a genuine issue for trial on a more modest damages theory, but it decided to shoot for the moon and missed.
Merry Gentleman agreed to pay Keaton $100,000 to make his directorial debut with the movie.
“We’re very pleased with this victory,” said Keaton’s lawyer, Michael Kump of Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert in Santa Monica, California. “Michael directed a film which received critical praise at both the Sundance Film Festival and in the national media when released, and he put his heart and soul into making this movie. We’re glad this is finally over.”
Attorneys for Merry Gentleman, represented by Michael Tanner of Tanner & Lehman, were not immediately available for comment.
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