Priyanka Chopra's 'Quantico' in legal soup
Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra's international TV series “Quantico” has run into a legal hassle. A lawsuit has been filed against producer Mark Gordon, claiming that the idea for the American series was lifted from a 1999 documentary that aired on CNN.
Filmmakers Jamie Hellman and Barbara Leibovitz Hellman and business executive Paula Paizes filed a 35-page complaint on Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court that says Gordon took the show’s premise from “Quantico: The Making Of An FBI Agent”, reports deadline.com.
Priyanka has made inroads in the small screen fiction space of the west through the ABC action-thriller series, in which she plays Alex Parrish, a rookie FBI recruit with a mysterious past.
According to the complaint, the filmmakers were “granted unprecedented access to the FBI Academy” for their project, which followed a class of trainees through their 16-week program.
Elaborating on the matter, it says that Paizes and Gordon formed a business relationship in 2001 and introduced him to the filmmakers later saying in an email that “they have a ton of research and can get us inside Quantico and the FBI".
In 2002, Leibovitz and Hellman signed a deal with the Mark Gordon Company and their Leibovitz-Hellman Productions and “provided MGC with the film from the documentary, information which was not included in the documentary, including all of their notes and transcripts related to the film".
It further read that initially the “Quantico Project” was discussed as a movie, with a storyline that “included a conspiracy inside the FBI Academy".
It also adds that the series substantially resembles the plot lines created and moulded by Paizes.
The “Quantico” series follows a group of young FBI recruits battling through training, inter-cutting between their hidden pasts and their present training, and also flashes-forward to the near future, where one of the recruits will turn out to be a sleeper terrorist responsible for a devastating terrorist attack in the US.
The Mark Gordon Company had no comment on the suit.
(Source: IANS)
Miss
World. Bollywood's leading lady. Singer. Performer. If these titles
were not enough, Priyanka Chopra has added another feather to her
already overflowing cap. That's of a lead actress in an all-American ABC
series Quantico. When her contemporaries are accepting
blink-and-you-miss it roles in Hollywood, here's a power packed
performer doing a full-fledged lead in an American thriller. We tell you
why she is PERFECT for the role. Take a look:
The oomph:
She is so effortlessly sexy that she leaves her co-stars miles behind in the oomph factor. If you've been watching sitcoms or American shows, you'd know that they sell more on the looks than the plot and roles. PeeCee, with her sultry looks and sizzling smile, will not only leave a mark on the audiences, but also firmly place Indians on the global scene. How cool is that!
The husky-honey voice with an accent:
She is famous for her husky voice with a just a tinge of honey in to, making it one of the sexiest voices in Bollywood. Add to the mix her super hot accent and you have a killer combo for sure. Who wouldn't want to watch a show where the lead is so seductive, even without trying hard for it? Considering her American schooling, it's no wonder that her accent doesn't look fake.
Fashionista:
She is a certified showstopper who is, after all, the Fashion girl! From what we have seen in the promo, she is rocking her chic look and hairdo. We just hope that she continues to up the F factor all through the series. Won't it be amazing if she makes a global mark even without stepping on the Cannes carpet? Let's hope that a certain Ms Kapoor is reading this! *cough cough*
Acting skills:
She is one of the most talented actresses Bollywood has given us. What with her super performances in Barfi! and Mary Kom, among other movies? She also has the box office pull, so her legions of fans will be sure to watch her debut series. When you have a good looking performer, the show becomes infinitely more exciting, isn't it?
This is our take on her American show, what's yours? Shout out to us in the comments section below.
The oomph:
She is so effortlessly sexy that she leaves her co-stars miles behind in the oomph factor. If you've been watching sitcoms or American shows, you'd know that they sell more on the looks than the plot and roles. PeeCee, with her sultry looks and sizzling smile, will not only leave a mark on the audiences, but also firmly place Indians on the global scene. How cool is that!
The husky-honey voice with an accent:
She is famous for her husky voice with a just a tinge of honey in to, making it one of the sexiest voices in Bollywood. Add to the mix her super hot accent and you have a killer combo for sure. Who wouldn't want to watch a show where the lead is so seductive, even without trying hard for it? Considering her American schooling, it's no wonder that her accent doesn't look fake.
Fashionista:
She is a certified showstopper who is, after all, the Fashion girl! From what we have seen in the promo, she is rocking her chic look and hairdo. We just hope that she continues to up the F factor all through the series. Won't it be amazing if she makes a global mark even without stepping on the Cannes carpet? Let's hope that a certain Ms Kapoor is reading this! *cough cough*
Acting skills:
She is one of the most talented actresses Bollywood has given us. What with her super performances in Barfi! and Mary Kom, among other movies? She also has the box office pull, so her legions of fans will be sure to watch her debut series. When you have a good looking performer, the show becomes infinitely more exciting, isn't it?
This is our take on her American show, what's yours? Shout out to us in the comments section below.
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