Afeni Shakur And Amaru Entertainment Sued Over Tupac Biopic
Afeni Shakur, mother of the late Tupac Shakur and executor of Amaru Entertainment, has been hit with a lawsuit from production company Morgan Creek over the rights to a biopic about the rapper.
Morgan Creek allege they began negotiations with Amaru in November for life rights to the untitled project claiming a written contract was created which Amaru is "refus(ing) to honor and perform a contract of a production of the film based on the life of Tupac Shakur."
Amaru's legal team are denying any such deal was established:
"There is no agreement with Morgan Creek, there never was, and there never will be," said Amaru attorney Skip Miller.
According to Miller, Amaru have been in negotiations with several studios to produce a biopic on Tupac Shakur and Morgan Creek are attempting to a possible deal with another company.
"They have scared away Paramount, Fox and others, and we are going to sue them and recover millions (in damages)," Miller added.
Sources close to the negotiations indicate the relationship between both parties broke down in January when the Notorious B.I.G. biopic "Notorious" was released and performed worse than expected.
