Rockstar allegedly threatened to sue director over LA Noir TV show

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Hollywood writer and director Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption), has said he’s been forced to change the title of in development TV show LA Noir after Rockstar “threatened to sue the s***” out of him.

The show is based on John Buntin’s book LA Noir, but does share its 1947 Los Angeles setting with the Rockstar game.

“Yes, it was going to be called LA Noir, based on the book by John Buntin,” Darabont told io9. “But the video game company with the video game called LA Noire (with an e!) threatened to sue the s*** out of me, TNT, every company that actually ever worked in Hollywood. And they have the billions of dollars to back it up, apparently. So we’re changing the title, and I do believe the title is going to be Lost Angels.

“This is being announced right here. It’s a very, very cool show. It’s [set in] 1947 LA and it stars my very dear friend Jon Bernthal, whom I worked with on The Walking Dead who is now free of that…”

Source: io9