Tommy Lee Jones is suing Paramount the makers of his 2007 film No Country For Old Men for over $10 million.
The actor's lawsuit, filed against Paramount Pictures, alleges that he was promised "significant" bonuses depending on the success of the movie which he has not yet received.
Jones, who played Sheriff Ed Tom Bell in the critically-acclaimed picture, has also claimed that he had expenses wrongly deducted and that known errors in his contract were never rectified.
His publicist Jennifer Allen refused to comment any further on the suit, explaining: "The paperwork stands for itself."
No Country For Old Men, based on a novel by Cormac McCarthy, took $160 million at the box office last year. It went on to pick up four Academy Awards, including the prize for Best Picture.
2 comments:
I never know how to feel about actors suing studios. In my head, I think that the studios probably do dick over the actors, but at the same time, I feel like the actors are trying to squeeze as many of the studio's pennies into their pockets. Your thoughts?
In this case I'm pretty sure Tommy Lee Jones is in the right, Paramount Vantage the production company behind No Country recently folded due to Paramount Studio restructuring and Vantage operations returned back to Paramount so I'm sure financial deals promised to Jones folded with Paramount Vantage being shut down. I think in genral though a studio will always try find some loophole or someway not to be pay out especially on completed projects.
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