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War of The Worlds snit between Pendragon and Dark Horse
28/07/2006 . Source: Jessica Martin 
Pendragon Pictures has announced that they have given formal legal notice to the principals of Dark Horse Comics alleging replications of images from Pendragon's period-accurate movie version of The War of The Worlds. Buy War of The Worlds in the USA - or Buy War of The Worlds in the UK  Pendragon's movie, HG Wells' The War of The Worlds, was released in the US, Canada and most countries internationally June 7th, 2005 and has grossed two million dollars in sales from US retail stores. The complaint accuses Dark Horse, the third-largest comic book publisher in the US, of directly replicating hundreds of images from the Pendragon movie.
Both productions are based on the public domain 1898 H. G. Wells novel, but Pendragon alleges that Dark Horse has played foul in replicating camera angles, designs, character likenesses and a myriad of artistic choices for their comic.
In the statement to the press, Pendragon CEO. and Director of H.G. Wells' The War of The Worlds, Timothy Hines claimed, "Most of Dark Horse's revenue comes from comics that are based on licensed movies, including BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, SHREK, STAR WARS and ALIEN. These guys are experts at converting film frames into comic books. I was astounded at the degree of similarity between our production and their comic book which came out a year after our movie was disseminated worldwide." He went on to say. "I invite the public to come to a website we've set up showing dozens of frames of identical or of striking similarity between Dark Horse's comic and our War of The Worlds and decide for themselves."
Pendragon Producer Susan Goforth added, "We've set up a way for people to vote as to whether or not they see what many who have brought this to our attention see ... it was hard enough going up against Spielberg and Tom Cruise."
Make your own mind up over at http://www.martianinvaders.com/ 
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