October 02, 2003
Lucy Lawless & Kevin Sorbo sue Universal
From Yahoo News:
LOS ANGELES - Hercules and Xena are joining forces in a lawsuit against Universal Studios over pay.
"Xena: Warrior Princess" star Lucy Lawless (news) and "Hercules" star Kevin Sorbo (news) filed separate breach-of-contract lawsuits Tuesday accusing the company of denying them money from the adjusted gross receipts of their syndicated shows. The two are represented by the same attorney, who filed the suits at the same time.
Sorbo and Lawless said they had agreements with Universal entitling them to a percentage of the receipts, but that Universal has improperly reduced the receipts and increased distribution expenses and production costs to deny them the money.
Lawless said she was entitled to 5 percent, and Sorbo said he was entitled to 8 percent.
Universal spokesman Jim Benson said the company hadn't seen the lawsuits and doesn't comment on pending litigation.
Posted by Tom at October 2, 2003 07:05 PMGood for them to stand up:o)
Posted by: Katie at October 11, 2003 09:02 AMXENA SHOULD STILL BE ON THE AIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: bob at October 11, 2003 05:30 PMXENA SHOULD STILL BE ON THE AIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: bob at October 11, 2003 05:30 PMXENA SHOULD STILL BE ON THE AIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: bob at October 11, 2003 05:30 PMI hope Lawless and Sorbo win their lawsuits.
Posted by: Michelle at October 12, 2003 07:10 PMI Agree with Bob, XENA SHOULD STILL BE ON THE AIR!!! I hope Lucy and Kevin win their Lawsuits. That's messed up that their not getting their money!!
Posted by: Alicia at October 13, 2003 12:29 PMdamn actors are paid to much.. SCREW'EM
Posted by: steve at October 15, 2003 04:35 PMwhy is lucy getting payed 3% less than kevin when she is a lot more watched and more popular?
Posted by: bruna at October 16, 2003 12:01 AMXena should still be on the air. I hope Lucy and Kevin win thier lawsuits. Xena and Hercules fans unite.
Posted by: Andrew at October 17, 2003 09:40 PMXena is my favorite show let it be on the air everybody likes it!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: julia at October 18, 2003 07:25 PMLet it be on the
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Like, um, that ain't gonna getcha anywhere, folks...
Posted by: Shaina at October 22, 2003 05:27 PMGET XENA BACK ON THE AIR!..and whats with Lucy getting 3% less!?... Sure Actors/actresses get paid too much..but if they were promised the money..they should get it..BATTLE ON, LUC!!
Posted by: HardCoreNutball at October 30, 2003 01:20 PMIt seems like universal is run by a bunch of overly conservative(in every sense of the word) nincompoops.
I think Lawless deserves alot more than that from them, for pain and suffering alone.
Maybe we will all get lucky, and Universal will settle for giving her the rights to Xena: Warrior Princess.
XENA MOVIE!!!!
Posted by: Paxton at October 31, 2003 12:56 AMBoth actors have a right to the money they were originally alloted. I also think it's a good point that Xena is more popular than Hercules, and the increase in receipts justifies the 3% difference.
Posted by: Vilicles at October 31, 2003 10:06 PMMan it's sad that Xena aint on any more (Bummm) but Universal made a deal with Lucy and their not holding their part of it up- how STUPID is that!?!?!?!?
Posted by: Ashleigh at November 7, 2003 04:56 AMIf universal can not stand next to the contracts that was signed by not only Lucy, but Kevin as well. Then they have full rights to sue Universal for breeching said agreement. Go get'em Lucy!
Plus if Herc can be on Sci-Fi then why can't Xena right?
I WANT ZENA BACK ON T. V. THAT WAS THE BEST SHOW EVER MADE. SINCE XENA IS OFF THE AIR, THERE IS NOTHING WORTH WHILE WATCHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BIG XENA FAN..
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Posted by: blackjack at February 12, 2004 03:32 PM