'Zero Theorem' Producers Battling Graffiti Artists Aiming to Halt Film's Distribution — hollywoodreporter.com

After filing a copyright lawsuit in August, three street artists are going for the jugular by pushing for an immediate halt to the distribution of Terry Gilliam's Zero Theorem, which allegedly includes scenes of a burnt-out chapel covered by a "blatant misappropriation" of a giant street mural in Buenos Aires, Argentina. If a federal judge in Illinois were to grant a preliminary injunction, it might cause Voltage Pictures and other producers a chance to recoup their money on the science fiction film. It would also come as a huge shock to Hollywood that unlicensed scenery has the potential to incite that kind of trouble.

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