VIDEO: Marley Name Center Of Netflix Lawsuit

There’s yet another lawsuit with the Marley name in it! At the center of this latest lawsuit is an upcoming Netflix music docuseries titled, ReMastered.

According to Hollywood Reporter; “TJ Barrack — son of Colony Capital founder and Donald Trump confidante Tom Barrack Jr. — and his business partner Marc Joubert are suing Jeff and Michael Zimbalist for allegedly stealing their concept for a music documentary series called Remastered.”

The lawsuit recently filed on October 11th in Los Angeles County Superior Court, state that back in 2011, Barrack and Joubert  pitched Remastered as a series of hourlong episodes that would be produced and directed by rotating A-listers. The duo claimed they wanted brothers – Jeff and Michael Zimbalist to direct an episode. Jeff and Michael Zimbalist are the executive producers of this new Netflix series (of same name) and Barrak and Joubert are accusing the Zimbalists of stealing their show idea!

I Shot the Sheriff, the lead-off episode in the Netflix documentary series ReMastered, which centers around the 1976 assassination attempt on the life of reggae superstar Bob Marley, is the subject of a lawsuit.

“The episode, entitled ‘I Shot the Sheriff,’ was described by Plaintiffs as exploring ‘the controversies and conspiracy theories behind the separate and unrelated shootings in Jamaica of two of the world’s most famous reggae stars, Bob Marley and Peter Tosh,'” writes attorney Howard Weitzman in the complaint, which is posted below. “The Zimbalists, who had never before heard the theory that Bob Marley’s shooting may have been an attempted political assassination orchestrated by the CIA, were intrigued by the novel subject matter and eager to direct the episode.”

Barrack and Joubert claims the Zimbalists went ahead and “unapologetically stole the Remastered concept, fraudulently represented it as being owned and created by them and are now profiting.” 

Barrack and Joubert, along with their company Adaptive Studios, are suing the Zimbalists and All Rise Films for breach of contract and breach of confidence. They’re asking the court for a declaration detailing their rights under their implied contract and are seeking compensatory damages.

I shot the Sheriff premièred on Netflix on October 12. The monthly, eight-part series examines high-profiled events surrounding a particular artiste. The list of acts to be featured includes Johnny Cash, Jam Master Jay, Sam Cooke, and Robert Johnson.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter / Jamaica Observer