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M. Night Shyamalan Cleared of Copyright Charges in ‘Servant’ Trial, Jury Rules

M. Night Shyamalan was cleared of copyright infringement in the $81 million lawsuit over the Apple TV+ series Servant, as the jury unanimously ruled in favor of the director.
Francesca Gregorini sued Shyamalan, claiming that Servant stole elements from her 2013 movie The Truth About Emanuel.
During the trial, Shyamalan testified that he and his co-creators had never seen Gregorini's film, calling the situation a misunderstanding.
The jury found Shyamalan and Apple TV+ not liable, ending the five-year legal ordeal.

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The Independent

M Night Shyamalan cleared of copyright infringement in $81m trial over Apple series

The ‘Sixth Sense’ director testified that the situation was ‘clearly, 100%, a misunderstanding’

29 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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RollingStone

M. Night Shyamalan Cleared in $81 Million ‘Servant’ Lawsuit Trial

Jury unanimously finds that director did not steal elements of 2013 movie The Truth About Emanuel for his Apple TV+ series

29 days ago·Los Angeles, United States

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The A.V. Club

M. Night Shyamalan has won his Servant plagiarism lawsuit

A federal jury has cleared M. Night Shyamalan and his fellow creatives on Apple TV+ series Servant of charges of plagiarism. Per Variety, the jury handed down the verdict on Friday evening, ruling that Shyamalan and his team did not copy filmmaker Francesca Gregorini's The Truth About Emanuel when creating the thriller series. The most surprising thing about this whole case, honestly, is that it went all the way to a jury verdict: The vast major…

M. Night Shyamalan Cleared of Copyright Charges in ‘Servant’ Trial, Jury Rules

A federal jury ruled unanimously in favor of M. Night Shyamalan and Apple on Friday, ending a copyright trial that saw the defendants accused of stealing elements from an independent horror film in the writing of the streaming series “Servant.” The nine-day trial in Riverside, Calif., which began Jan. 14., saw Italian-born director Francesca Gregorini […]

30 days ago·Los Angeles, United States

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Dark Horizons

Shyamalan Wins In "Servant" Copyright Lawsuit

On Friday, a U.S. federal jury unanimously ruled in favour of filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan and Apple in a copyright trial surrounding their supernatural thriller TV series “Servant.” The seven-day trial saw Italian director Francesca Gregorini seeking as high as $81 million in damages after she accused the defendants of stealing elements from her 2013 coming-of-age independent feature “The Truth About Emanuel” without credit. Gregorini’s film fo…

28 days ago

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USA Herald

M. Night Shyamalan Cleared of Copyright Charges - USA Herald

A California federal jury on Friday exonerated director M. Night Shyamalan and others from allegations that his Apple TV+ series Servant plagiarized an independent filmmaker’s 2013 movie, The Truth About Emanuel. The jury found no evidence that Shyamalan or co-defendant Tony Basgallop, the show’s creator, had access to the film, ending a five-year legal battle A California jury clears M. Night Shyamalan of copyright infringement claims, rejecting

29 days ago

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