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Kevin Smith was developing a TV series based on the film The Adventures of
Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. He had even laid out two seasons of
the show but is no longer attached to the project. Smith dropped out of the show
because MGM filed a lawsuit against the original film’s writer Earl Mac Rauch
and director W.D. Richter. THR reported that MGM filed the lawsuit to get the
rights so Smith could do his series. Once Smith learned this he posted the
following to Facebook: “My point is that I’m not going to court. I love the
people at MGM. They’ve treated me insanely well all across this project with
real credibility and stuff like that, like they thought I could do this show,
even when I didn’t think I could. And the folks at Amazon have been lovely as
well, but you gotta remember, there’s no production yet, no script has been
turned in, I haven’t been paid a dime; no money has been really spent. So, it’s
not like we’re going to upend a lot of things, like this legal thing came out of
nowhere. I did not know about this. I called up my agent and was like, ‘What the
f–k is this?’…. I’m no longer involved. I don’t wish anybody harm; I wish all
parties well. I hope these dudes come to an agreement, and if they do and they
still want me involved down the road, I’ll be here. But why would they?” |
