May 13 Production, financing and distribution companies Studio Party submitted a copyright in the Los Angeles Superior Court, claiming that Alison Brie and Dave Franco had rejected an offer to start in the studio film “Better half” and then developed its own concept of a body horror film based on a co -dependent relationship, “Together,” With WME.
Now the head of ”Together“Michael Shanks, pushes back in a statement released via X and Instagram accounts for the film’s distributor, Neon, as Bought the finished feature for $ 17 million from Sundance earlier this yearThe biggest deal of the festival. The movie had Premiere to RavesWith its sharp insights about what it means to be in a long -term relationship in some way then translated into grisly body horror visuals. Francos Tim and Brie’s Millie have been together for several years and just at the moment their relationship seems to have hit the rocks something happens To make them start literally to hold together – Being unable to leave each other’s presence.
Shanks called the accusation of the theft of ideas “completely false”, “devastating” and that it had “taken a heavy toll” in the remarks that presented his long relationship with this story. WME had previously told Indiewire that the atmosphere was “frivolous and without merits” and that the agency “would vigorously defend ourselves.”
“Have you ever been in a relationship for so long that the boundary between you and the other person is starting to blur?” Shanks said to start their statement. “I be been with my partner for over 16 years-almost half my life. That entanglement of identity, love, and co-independence is what inspired Together. It’s not just a script; it’s a reflection of something deeply staff. UNFulfilled Ambitions as a Musician, Is Complely Rooted in My Own Personal Life. In Lost My Father at a Young Age in the same Way Our Main Character does, His Trauma is rooted in my own.
“I wish I did not have to clarify this, but I completed the first draft in 2019 and registered it to the author’s Guild of America the same year. In October 2020, I received development financing from the Australia screen to promote the project. In 2022, my agent at Wme I introduced me to Dave Franco. have been in production, with that I have been in production, with having been this year. After he and Alison Brie came on board to act and produce the film to now be accused of stealing this story – a so deeply based on my own living experience, one that I have developed for several years – is devastating and has taken a heavy toll.
