As a seasoned gamer with a penchant for binge-watching gripping television series, I find myself caught between two captivating survival thrillers: Showtime‘s Yellowjackets and Ron Howard’s Eden. While I haven’t had the privilege of watching Eden yet (streaming services need to step up their game and deliver to rural areas like mine), I’ve been enthralled by the intrigue, suspense, and downright eerie similarities between Yellowjackets and what I’ve gathered from this lawsuit.
The companies Showtime Networks and Lionsgate’s Entertainment One are embroiled in a lawsuit alleging they copied elements from a Ron Howard film for the TV series Yellowjackets.
In a lawsuit filed on November 14 in a New York federal court, the company that owns the rights to the survival thriller “Eden” claims that another work has “remarkably similar features.” Both stories involve a soccer team whose players develop cult-like behaviors and are compelled to resort to cannibalism after they crash in an isolated location.
The movie named Eden, featuring Jude Law, Ana de Armas, Vanessa Kirby, Daniel Brühl, and Sydney Sweeney, was launched in September, although its copyright was secured as early as 2015. On the other hand, Showtime’s hit series Yellowjackets debuted in 2021 to widespread praise. The premiere of its second season set a record for the studio with approximately 2 million viewers tuning in across all streaming platforms.
The legal action alleges that significant aspects of the show “Yellowjackets” have been taken from the series “Eden.” Similar to the Emmy-nominated program, “Eden” opens with a soccer team’s plane crash, leaving survivors struggling to endure severe environments until fractures occur. It also depicts the rise of a charismatic, demagogic figure who stirs up violence and includes a cast featuring a coach, trainer, head coach’s child, and a character opposite in gender to the team.
In both stories, the remaining characters, such as team members and the coach, find themselves battling for survival against severe weather conditions, dwindling supplies leading to starvation, and the psychological strain of solitude, manifesting as inner turmoil. As they strive to stay alive, conflicts escalate, bonds are formed, hidden truths surface, and ethical norms are stretched to their extremes, making it difficult to tell right from wrong.
The lawsuit emphasizes that the coaches depicted in the film and series undergo a succession of harrowing incidents such as murder, cannibalism, and death. Both productions combine elements of suspense, horror, drama, and dark humor, claims the complaint. Despite scenes of intense action and conflict, the general pace is deliberate, focusing on the characters’ struggles and their developing relationships, alleges the lawsuit. This slow-building approach, it suggests, enables viewers to empathize with the characters and truly grasp the worsening situation.
Furthermore, both pieces underscore concepts of endurance and resilience, ethics, group psychology, personal growth, and the vulnerability of human societies, as stated in the criticism.
Eden Film Production is filing a lawsuit for copyright violation against the creators of the show, Yellowjackets. They are seeking undisclosed monetary compensation and a court order preventing the producers from any further use or distribution of the series. Neither Showtime nor Lionsgate have yet commented on this matter.
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2024-11-15 22:24