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Gerard Butleris suing over his payout from one of his hit movies, claiming he wasn’t given his fair share of the profits.
Butler accuses the company of deliberately misrepresenting and underreporting profits so that he wouldn’t be paid the full agreed upon percentage of actual earnings.
“Producers have earned tens of millions of dollars fromOlympus, but refuse to pay Butler a penny of the grosses and profits promised to him in the parties' agreement,” read the documents. “… Butler refuses to tolerate Defendants' misrepresentations and other wrongful conduct. Butler worked with Defendants to create a highly successful movie franchise. He demands his fair share.”
A spokesperson for Millennium Media did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
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Butler starred in and producedOlympus Has Fallen, which became a surprise box office hit and led to two sequels,London Has Fallenin 2016 andAngel Has Fallenin 2019.
Deadlinereportedin November that Butler would be reprising his role for a fourth film in the franchise titledNight Has Fallen. The outlet added Friday that the project is “ongoing” in development.
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Millennium is behind such recent action flicks likeHitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard,Rambo: Last Blood,The Expendables, and 2018’sHunter Killer, which also starred Butler.
According to Millennium Media’sofficial website, the independent film company “finances, produces, and sells worldwide five to eight star-driven films per year, with budgets between $20 and $80 million.”
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Butler toldEntertainment Weeklyin June 2020about returning for the upcomingfourth installment. “Yeah, I think you will be seeing another,” he said at the time. “We’re toying away with another really fantastic idea that we’re working on at the moment that, obviously, we can’t say too much about.”
source: people.com
