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Michael Crichton’s Widow & Warner Bros Discovery’s Battle Over ‘The Pitt’ Sees Judge Offer “Soft” Punt On Breach-Of-Contract Suit
The legal battle over whether The Pitt is derivative of ER or not had its first major faceoff in court
With a number of pointed questions during oral presentations from lawyers on both sides, Judge Chang made it pretty clear Thursday that she was mainly making the decision due to the high standard of anti-SLAPP statutes – – which is not uncommon in such cases. Based on a premise of a real time narrative, a notion that the producers say they had been working on before negotiations with Sherri Crichton started, the Gemmell created The Pitt launched on MAX on with two episodes on January 8 with star/EP Wyle as Dr. Michael “Robby” Rabinavitch. The primary question presented on this Motion is whether the medical drama The Pitt, which recently debuted on Max, is a “sequel[], remake[], spin-off[] and/or other derivative work[]” of the bygone show ER.
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