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Dave Franco, Alison Brie Sued for Copyright Infringement Over Sundance Hit 'Together'

StudioFest is also suing Neon and WME over the Sundance film, alleging that it's a "blatant ripoff" of their 2023 feature "Better Half."

“Together” producer-stars Dave Franco and Alison Brie were sued Tuesday for copyright infringement after production, financing and distribution company StudioFest accused the creatives and real-life couple of stealing the plot for their Sundance body horror film from 2023 indie “Better Half.” The lawsuit, filed Tuesday on behalf of StudioFest and co-founders Jess Jacklin and Charles Irving Beale in the Central District of California, claims that “both works center around a couple who wake up to find their bodies physically fused together as a metaphor for codependency,” and that “Together” additionally echoes “plot, themes, characters, dialogue, mood, setting, pace and sequence of events” from “Better Half,” the feature directorial debut from filmmaker Patrick Henry Phelan. The lawsuit then alleges that the actor-producers “engaged in an intentional scheme to copy ‘Better Half,’ and that Franco and Brie rejected StudioFest’s offer because they wanted to produce the film themselves and have WME package the project with one of the agency’s own writers.”

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