Showtime Defeats ‘Yellowjackets’ Copyright Lawsuit
Showtime Networks and Lionsgate’s Entertainment One have beaten a lawsuit accusing them of ripping off 2015 survival thriller Eden in Yellowjackets.
Both follow a soccer team whose members start to exhibit cult-like behavior and contemplate cannibalism after crash landing in a remote location. U.S. District Judge Dean Pregerson on Friday dismissed the lawsuit, finding that the plots, characters, themes and settings of the two works aren’t similar enough to constitute copyright infringement.
Eden, written by Nate Parker and distributed by Voltage Pictures, was released in 2015. Showtime sensation Yellowjackets premiered in 2021 to critical acclaim. Its second season opener became the studio’s most streamed debut ever, drawing roughly 2 million viewers across all platforms. The third season as a whole was the most watched so far for the series, with its finale drawing in 3 million watchers in its first seven days.
Alleged plot similarities between the movie and TV series...
Both follow a soccer team whose members start to exhibit cult-like behavior and contemplate cannibalism after crash landing in a remote location. U.S. District Judge Dean Pregerson on Friday dismissed the lawsuit, finding that the plots, characters, themes and settings of the two works aren’t similar enough to constitute copyright infringement.
Eden, written by Nate Parker and distributed by Voltage Pictures, was released in 2015. Showtime sensation Yellowjackets premiered in 2021 to critical acclaim. Its second season opener became the studio’s most streamed debut ever, drawing roughly 2 million viewers across all platforms. The third season as a whole was the most watched so far for the series, with its finale drawing in 3 million watchers in its first seven days.
Alleged plot similarities between the movie and TV series...
- 4/28/2025
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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