Five years of courtroom fighting, and the litigation between the Kaplan Stahler Agency and its former president Robert Gumer, has amounted to an affirmation of no wrongdoing. For those with long enough memories to recall the dispute, the talent agency sued Gumer on allegations he tortiously interfered with contracts with ex-clients including David Zuckerman (the original showrunner of Fox's Family Guy), R.J. Stewart (executive producer of Xena: Warrior Princess) and Denise Moss (supervising producer of Frasier). The plaintiff claimed that when Gumer left the agency, he caused clients to also leave and withhold commissions. Gumer brought his own
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- 9/3/2014
- by Eriq Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dwayne Johnson's career is an enigma. It's been mentioned before, most eloquently in Agent Bedhead's career assessment, but he's got all of the tools to be a Hollywood superstar. He's handsome, built like a Greek god, funny, self-effacing, and a pretty decent actor with a natural combination of physical strength and solid comedic timing. He also starred in The Tooth Fairy and The Game Plan, two brutally unfunny films. Go figure. 2003's The Rundown was meant to be Johnson's second big film (the first being the terrible The Scorpion King), and should have firmly established him as the leader of the next generation of action superstars. Instead, it didn't make its money back, and he's inexplicably settled into a series of roles in drab comedies and uninspired family-friendly PG fare.
Which is a shame, because The Rundown is an absolute blast. It's big, dumb, goofy fun, some of the...
Which is a shame, because The Rundown is an absolute blast. It's big, dumb, goofy fun, some of the...
- 8/11/2010
- by TK
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