Ana de Armas fans told they can sue over Yesterday trailer

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Ana de Armas fans told they can sue over Yesterday trailer

Two fans complained after the actress was cut from a film despite featuring in the trailer.
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Thoughts? I can't fathom how they got to the $5m number, the studio (or Amazon!) should offer to refund their $3.99 and that should be the end of it.

It's tricky, because trailers are created (and released) before movies are even finished. Not to mention, some trailers are considered 'teasers' and feature absolutely no material from the upcoming film. What about someone somewhere conservative like Saudi Arabia watching a US trailer on Youtube, then not seeing half the sex/fight scenes because they were cut from their local release? :confused:

Are we going to enter a world where trailers have to have text across the picture stating "this material is a preview only and may feature scenes not found in the advertised film" or something daft? :o Seems like some halfwit judge that knows nothing about the industry is opening a huge can of worms...

(I'm sure there was a thread on this originally, but I can't for the life of me find it)
 
Wow 5m that is crazy. Why did they cut her? Was it a small part or a major story line?

lol

Universal, the studio behind the film, sought to throw out the lawsuit, arguing that movie trailers are entitled to broad protection under the First Amendment, which protects free speech rights and the press.
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Richard Curtis, the screenwriter, explained that de Armas was cut because audiences did not like the idea of Patel's character straying from his primary love interest, played by Lily James.
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Ana de Armas fans told they can sue over Yesterday trailer

Two fans complained after the actress was cut from a film despite featuring in the trailer.
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Two fans of the actress Ana de Armas filed a lawsuit in January after renting the 2019 film Yesterday.
The actress was seen in the trailer, but the pair were disappointed to find she had been cut from the final film.
The plaintiffs, Conor Woulfe and Peter Michael Rosza, each paid $3.99 (£3.31) to rent Yesterday on Amazon Prime.
Woulfe and Rosza are seeking at least $5 million (£4.1m) from Universal in the case [..]
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Misleading advertising? Sure. But I think the amount sought is excessive.
 
It's the US, they're a strangely simple and litigious people. If they wanted to rub one out to Ana de Armas then why didn't they just slap 'BR2049' or, even better, 'Knock Knock' in the player?
 
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You realise it's a class action lawsuit right? If you agree that it was false advertising then you agree to the payout.

Thread is disappointing.
 
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Russinating said:
You realise it's a class action lawsuit right? If you agree that it was false advertising then you agree to the payout.

Thread is disappointing.
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No, I don't agree. If a million people who rented the video formally and explicitly attached their names to the lawsuit then I'd agree with it. But not 2 people and some lawyers who'll get big wads if they win the case.
 
I thought this was going to be this article ..

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Florida woman sues Kraft mac and cheese over preparation time

The lawsuit says the company's three-and-a-half minute preparation time claim is misleading.
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A Florida woman has sued the makers of Velveeta Shells and Cheese, claiming the dish takes too long to make. The Kraft Company markets its microwaveable cups as "ready in 3.5 minutes" but Amanda Ramirez says it takes longer.
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It's an odd one as I can see the point they're making i.e. a certain A-list Star was shown in the trailer but then wasn't in the film = false advertising or bait/switch.

I think they've got a better case with a missing "star", which may have brought more customers into seeing the film than if the Star wasn't shown, than if it was just a complaint about the typical "scene shot specifically for the trailer so wasn't in the movie" which is happening far too often for my liking.
 
ianh said:
It's an odd one as I can see the point they're making i.e. a certain A-list Star was shown in the trailer but then wasn't in the film = false advertising or bait/switch.

I think they've got a better case with a missing "star", which may have brought more customers into seeing the film than if the Star wasn't shown, than if it was just a complaint about the typical "scene shot specifically for the trailer so wasn't in the movie" which is happening far too often for my liking.
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Yeah I agree, think they have a point, even if the amount they're asking for seems excessive - seems to be how their legal system works though, that eventually the amount actually given in compensation if they win turns out to be a lot smaller...

Trailer scenes never showing up in the movie really annoys me, I think it was the Rogue One trailer I noticed it first because I found some of the scenes quite memorable, so actually realised when it never showed up in the film! Since then I've noticed it in other ones too, probably keeping more of an eye out. They should have a big clear disclaimer at the start of the trailer like 'scenes and dialogue shown in this trailer may not be present in the published film' (with equal prominence as the actual clips, so not just some miniscule small text at the bottom) or something, otherwise it is false advertising really, a bit like a toy box having a whole scene printed on the outside when actually only one of the items shown is in the box.
 
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@GreatAuk I totally get the points but at the end of the day there’s no way round it. Trailers are cut even before the film is finished, and creatively they’re not even cut by the studios themselves. All we’re going to end up with is those disclaimers plastered all over the trailers. I’d prefer it if everyone accepted that trailers don’t always show material from the film (dont forget some teasers that literally have nothing to do with the film itself) and we all get on with our lives :(

Teasing ADA in a film without her being in it, was quite the faux pas though!
 
I must have seen that trailer too, sat waiting for her to appear but a no show :mad:
God knows how they arrived at the 5m claim.Stranger things have happened like the $1m claim a woman got from Mcdonalds for serving her hot coffee :D
 
silverblack said:
I must have seen that trailer too, sat waiting for her to appear but a no show :mad:
God knows how they arrived at the 5m claim.Stranger things have happened like the $1m claim a woman got from Mcdonalds for serving her hot coffee :D
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This is not true, a common urban myth. Go read about the actual case and you'll see it was entirely justified.
 
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I might actually approve of that as an outcome, too many trailers too early spaffing out the whole plot for too many films.
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Trailers are broken so anything that gets rid of this ridiculous situation where if you watch the trailers you’ve seen most of the good bits of the movie would be a blessing. I can’t believe people are so thick these days they need to be spoon fed the entire
Movie in advance to decide if they want to watch it or not!
 
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