From what I vaguely (and probably at least somewhat incorrectly) remember from a Legal Eagle video:
They approached her asking to do an ER reboot, because she controls her deceased husband’s estate/IP. She was mad about how he hadn’t been given a “Created By” credit for HBO’s Westworld, so she demanded a “Created By” credit and a lot of money (IIRC).
They were like, “Um, no, but we will give him a credit and we will pay you a lesser amount.”
And she said no.
So they completely retooled the show. Changed from Chicago to Pittsburgh, changed the name of Noah Wyle’s character (and potentially others) so it isn’t ER anymore, then made The Pitt.
When it came out she tried to sue them for infringing on ER by making a TV show that takes place in an emergency room, stars Noah Wyle, and has some of the same writers as ER did. Which is absurd, because they’re expressly NOT making ER because she refused to be cooperative. She caused them to give up a valuable IP and now thinks she has a monopoly on medical dramas starring Noah Wyle.
(I’m actually glad that happened because I probably wouldn’t have watched an ER reboot, having not seen the series, but I loved The Pitt.)
Im out of the loop here. Why would she be?
From what I vaguely (and probably at least somewhat incorrectly) remember from a Legal Eagle video:
They approached her asking to do an ER reboot, because she controls her deceased husband’s estate/IP. She was mad about how he hadn’t been given a “Created By” credit for HBO’s Westworld, so she demanded a “Created By” credit and a lot of money (IIRC).
They were like, “Um, no, but we will give him a credit and we will pay you a lesser amount.”
And she said no.
So they completely retooled the show. Changed from Chicago to Pittsburgh, changed the name of Noah Wyle’s character (and potentially others) so it isn’t ER anymore, then made The Pitt.
When it came out she tried to sue them for infringing on ER by making a TV show that takes place in an emergency room, stars Noah Wyle, and has some of the same writers as ER did. Which is absurd, because they’re expressly NOT making ER because she refused to be cooperative. She caused them to give up a valuable IP and now thinks she has a monopoly on medical dramas starring Noah Wyle.
(I’m actually glad that happened because I probably wouldn’t have watched an ER reboot, having not seen the series, but I loved The Pitt.)
Edited to add the link to the Legal Eagle video.
She recently brought suit claiming that The Pitt infringes on the E.R. intellectual property.