Tom Cruise’s Top Gun sequel has swooped its way to box office records, but the family of an Israeli writer is trying to bring the film back down to earth with a copyright lawsuit. Shosh and Yuval Yonay, the widow and son of Ehud Yonay, are suing Paramount Pictures, the studio behind Top Gun: Maverick, for using his work without permission. SponsoredThe original 1986 movie was based on Ehud’s little-known article in California magazine. Headlined “Top Guns”, the 1983 piece told the story of two lieutenants at a navy fighter weapons school named Yogi, a hotshot pilot, and Possum, his wingman. Paramount acquired rights to the story for the first film, but Ehud’s family claims that the copyright expired in 2020, according to

Source: The Times June 07, 2022 15:56 UTC