U.S. District Judge Stephen Wilson has thrown out a $5 million lawsuit that claimed Universal duped fans of Ana de Armas into watching its film Yesterday.
The suit, filed by Peter Michael Rosza and Conor Woulfe last year, alleged that the studio misrepresented Danny Boyle’s movie in its trailer by featuring de Armas despite her absence from the film itself. The plantiffs said that when they watched the trailer for Yesterday they thought that de Armas played a substantial role in the Beatles-themed romantic comedy, but when they rented...
The suit, filed by Peter Michael Rosza and Conor Woulfe last year, alleged that the studio misrepresented Danny Boyle’s movie in its trailer by featuring de Armas despite her absence from the film itself. The plantiffs said that when they watched the trailer for Yesterday they thought that de Armas played a substantial role in the Beatles-themed romantic comedy, but when they rented...
- 8/30/2023
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Looks like a federal judge believes in Yesterday.
A year and a half ago, Paul Michael Rosza and Conor Woulfe filed a $5 million lawsuit against Universal over Ana de Armas appearing in the trailer for the 2019 Danny Boyle-directed Yesterday, but being absent from the film itself.
Yesterday, U.S. District Stephen Wilson tossed the whole thing out.
Rejecting the plaintiff’s notion of “misrepresentation” in de Armas’ absence as a love interest from the Himesh Patel-led Beatles-themed rom-com, the judge agreed with the Comcast-owned studio that the case is a “self-inflicted injury.”
Along with denying Rosza and Woulfe’s desire for class certification, Wilson also ordered this much amended case to truly be over for good.
“In each prior dismissal, the Court has clearly delineated the pitfalls of the complaint and allowed successive amendments,” he wrote in an August 28 order. “However, it now appears to the...
A year and a half ago, Paul Michael Rosza and Conor Woulfe filed a $5 million lawsuit against Universal over Ana de Armas appearing in the trailer for the 2019 Danny Boyle-directed Yesterday, but being absent from the film itself.
Yesterday, U.S. District Stephen Wilson tossed the whole thing out.
Rejecting the plaintiff’s notion of “misrepresentation” in de Armas’ absence as a love interest from the Himesh Patel-led Beatles-themed rom-com, the judge agreed with the Comcast-owned studio that the case is a “self-inflicted injury.”
Along with denying Rosza and Woulfe’s desire for class certification, Wilson also ordered this much amended case to truly be over for good.
“In each prior dismissal, the Court has clearly delineated the pitfalls of the complaint and allowed successive amendments,” he wrote in an August 28 order. “However, it now appears to the...
- 8/30/2023
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Universal will not have to face a lawsuit accusing the studio of tricking people into watching Yesterday by featuring Ana de Armas in trailers, though she didn’t actually appear in the movie.
U.S. District Judge Stephen Wilson found on Monday that plaintiffs can’t pursue the proposed class action because they didn’t rely on alleged misrepresentations from the studio when making the decision to watch the film.
Peter Michael Rosza and Conor Woulfe alleged in a suit filed last year that they watched the trailer for Yesterday and thought that de Armas played a substantial role in the romantic comedy. But upon renting it, they discovered that she doesn’t show up in the movie. The complaint pointed to misrepresentations that the actress is listed as a castmember in search results.
But the court found that Woulfe, who rented the movie a second time on Google Play...
U.S. District Judge Stephen Wilson found on Monday that plaintiffs can’t pursue the proposed class action because they didn’t rely on alleged misrepresentations from the studio when making the decision to watch the film.
Peter Michael Rosza and Conor Woulfe alleged in a suit filed last year that they watched the trailer for Yesterday and thought that de Armas played a substantial role in the romantic comedy. But upon renting it, they discovered that she doesn’t show up in the movie. The complaint pointed to misrepresentations that the actress is listed as a castmember in search results.
But the court found that Woulfe, who rented the movie a second time on Google Play...
- 8/29/2023
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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