A producer connected to the 1990 It miniseries, which wasn't anywhere near as good as the film adaptation that's dropping its second chapter next month, is apparently suing Warner Bros. Pictures for breach of contract.
The claims, according to a Varietyreport on the Thursday-filed suit, center on the alleged lack of involvement from producer Larry Sanitsky on the making of It and It: Chapter Two.
While Sanitsky is the one named in the report as the guy suing, he and the late Frank Konigsberg operated Telepictures in the '80s and acquired the rights to the Stephen King book that started it all. They stayed on through the development of the eventual miniseries with ABC through the pre-pro process, later leaving the company upon a merger with Lorimar.
Per Sanitsky's suit, he and Konigsberg inked a deal with Lorimar that established them both as "non-exclusive executive producers," a distinction that's alleged to have included back-end involvement in any future sequels or revivals.
The Warner team is alleged in the suit to have halted the issuing of profit statements in 1995. Additionally, per the suit, the studio never consulted Konigsberg or Sanitsky on the It films. Now, Sanitsky wants 10 percent of net profits and is alleging that the studio has been intentionally underreporting profits and withholding payouts.
At any rate, the It train rolls on with the Sept. 6 drop of Chapter Two. Andy Muschietti's latest, as true heads know, picks up 27 years after the harrowing goings-on depicted in Chapter One. Expect a lot of fucking blood. Like, history-setting levels.
