The Walking Dead could also be coming to an finish, however just like the zombies at its core, its authorized troubles by no means die. Last 12 months, AMC reached a $200 million settlement with producer Frank Darabont after he sued the community over what he believed was “shady accounting” in regard to his income. That consequence was in direct distinction to fits filed by different producers on the present for comparable dealings which have been largely dismissed or rejects by the courts.

Now, with the present’s finale airing later this week, a gaggle of producers on the present—which incorporates creator Robert Kirkman, David Alpert, Gale Anne Hurd, Charles Eglee, and Glen Mazzara—renewed their earlier claims in Los Angeles Superior Court, suing the community for $200 million over breach of contract, according to the Los Angeles Times. This time, the lawsuit instantly factors to the choice to present Darabont $200 million however them nothing.

“On the one hand AMC tells them they are entitled to nothing based on erroneous pre-trial rulings which are subject to appeal, while AMC paid $200 million to Frank Darabont and CAA to avoid a New York jury’s review of the exact same contingent compensation definition,” the producers’ lawyer, Sheldon Eisenberg, stated in a press release to the Times. “Instead of giving Plaintiffs the benefit of the Darabont settlement as required by the express terms of their contracts, AMC’s creative activity these days seems limited to figuring out new ways to mistreat the talent that is responsible for its now past success.”

The lawyer for AMC, Orin Snyder, refutes these claims. “Another lawsuit means another attempt to rewrite their agreements and extract even more than the millions they have already been paid and will be paid in the future, for their profit participation in The Walking Dead,” he stated in a press release to the Times. “This is just another crass money grab. We are confident it will fail, as their previous attempts have failed.”

Though the weekly viewers for The Walking Dead has dwindled greater than the inhabitants on the planet of the present (one thing like 20 million a number of years in the past to nearer to two million now), the model itself continues to be massively marketable with increasingly reveals and tasks on the way in which. So sure, because the AMC lawyer stated, the cash isn’t going to cease. And but, you do marvel, why was the Darabont go well with settled however not this one?

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The series finale of The Walking Dead airs this week on AMC. The spinoffs, however, will continue until morale improves. Or AMC pays off all its legal fees.

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