Fast & Furious producer Neal Moritz sues Universal over spin-off movie Hobbs & Shaw

Fast & Furious producer Neal Moritz sues Universal over spin-off movie Hobbs & Shaw

BY IAN SANDWELL

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Fast & Furious producer Neal Moritz is suing Universal for breach of oral contract over the upcoming spin-off movie Hobbs & Shaw.

Deadline reports that Moritz – who has produced every movie in the franchise to date – is looking to either be reinstated as lead producer or be paid "tens of millions dollars in damages in lost compensation".

The complaint argues that the case is a "classic example of Hollywood greed".

"In an extraordinary show of bad faith, and just a few days before filming was set to begin on Hobbs and Shaw, Universal took the position that Moritz either had to amend his oral producer deal to accept substantially inferior financial terms, or be cut out of the Picture altogether," it reads.

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