LOS ANGELES (AP) β A federal judge is giving lawyers for best-selling author Tess Gerritsen another chance to amend her lawsuit seeking credit and millions in profits from 2013’s hit film “Gravity.”
U.S. District Judge Margaret M. Morrow ruled Friday that Gerritsen’s lawsuit fails to show how Warner Bros. could be held liable for a 1999 agreement she signed with another production company and studio to make a film out of her book titled “Gravity.”
Both the film and book focus on a female astronaut trapped in space after calamities strike, but Warner Bros. has noted that the author downplayed the similarities in public comments before filing her suit.
Gerritsen first sued Warner Bros. in April 2014, and she amended it earlier this year after Morrow cited problems with the complaint.
Attorneys for Gerritsen and Warner Bros. did not return email messages seeking comment on Sunday.
