Tupac's Estate Seeks Millions From Production Company

Lawyers for Amaru Entertainment secured a victory against Morgan Creek Productions in the Superior Court for the State of California on Tuesday (Sept. 1), when Judge Richard E. Rico upheld the Amaru Entertainment's cross-complaint of tortious intentional interference.

As a result, a trial date is now set for Tuesday, April 13, 2010.

Skip Miller of Miller Barondess, LLP, attorney for Amaru Entertainment, said "We are pleased with the court's ruling yesterday morning. It supports our claim that Morgan Creek tortiously interfered with the making of the Tupac Shakur movie. I look forward to trying this case and have the jury decide the matter. Morgan Creek has a history of bullying people into giving them rights they did not acquire. This time, they picked on the wrong people."

Morgan Creek initially filed suit against Amaru Entertainment in February of this year, claiming that the latter had "backed out of negotiations" and was "refusing to honor and perform a contract of a production for a film based on the life story of Tupac Shakur."

Tuesday's ruling upheld that Amaru Entertainment had adequately stated a claim against Morgan Creek for interference by making "intentional misrepresentations of fact to third-party studios claiming to own the film rights and threatening them to back off on further negotiations with Amaru Entertainment."