Stephen King demanded 500 million for plagiarism in the Dark Tower
The famous American writer Stephen King borrowed a number of ideas for a series of his works entitled "The Dark Tower". According to TMZ, such a charge is contained in a lawsuit filed by comic book author Stephen Grant, titled "The Rook". The Plaintiff, in particular, is convinced that the protagonist of "The Dark Tower" Roland Descene is extremely similar to the key character of the comics Restin Dane. And we are talking here not only about identical initials, but also about the adventures of the protagonists. Both of them travel in time, fight monsters, are not aging and are equally romantic. Their appearance is almost the same: both Descene and Dane look like cowboys from the Wild West. The statement of claim emphasizes that Restin Dane was the hero of comics published from 1977 to 1983 in the amount of five million copies. King's first book in the series "The Dark Tower" was published in 1982. Stephen Grant intends to seek a $ 500 million payment. It should be noted that the plaintiff chose a very "good" time for the trial. At the end of March, the CinemaCon festival showed an excerpt from the movie adaptation of The Dark Tower, which will be presented to viewers in August 2017. The Topic of Article: Stephen King demanded 500 million for plagiarism in the Dark Tower. |
