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Alexander Payne’s ‘The Holdovers’ Accused of Plagiarism by ‘Luca’ Writer (EXCLUSIVE)
Simon Stephenson—whose credits include 'Paddington 2'— complained to the WGA that the screenplay for Alexander Payne's 'The Holdovers' plagiarized him 'line by line.'
On Aug. 28, 2013, Verve founder Bryan Besser sent an email to a number of people including Stephenson that said, “Quick update: We gave FRISCO to Alexander Payne’s producing partner Jim Burke whom we took to lunch yesterday. Fast forward to 2019, when “Frisco” appeared to be finding a second life — with Brightstar’s John Woodward and producer Tanya Seghatchian, the duo behind Jane Campion’s Oscar-nominated “The Power of the Dog,” taking the project to Netflix. (During a press conference at the Thessaloniki Film Festival in November, Payne said, “I got involved in the script, although I don’t take credit for it.” For his part, Hemingson has an atypical career trajectory for an Oscar-nominated writer.
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