MERRY GENTLEMAN v. GEORGE AND LEONA PRODUCTIONS

No. 15-1195.

799 F.3d 827 (2015)

MERRY GENTLEMAN, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GEORGE AND LEONA PRODUCTIONS, INC. and Michael Keaton, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 25, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew D. Tanner , Attorney, Tanner & Lehman LLC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Chris Hagale , Attorney, Sidney N. Herman , Attorney, Hamilton Hill , Attorney, Bartlit, Beck, Herman, Palenchar & Scott LLP, Chicago, IL, Michael Joseph Kump , Attorney, Jeremiah T. Reynolds , Attorney, Kinsella, Weiztman, Iser, Kump & Aldisert LLP, Santa Monica, CA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before BAUER, ROVNER, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


Merry Gentleman, LLC produced the motion picture The Merry Gentleman, which was released in 2009. Despite some critical acclaim, the film was a commercial flop. Merry Gentleman blames Michael Keaton, the film's lead actor and director, for the bust. It brought this breach of contract action against Keaton and George...

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