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Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
A settlement has been reached between fired director Julie Taymor and the producers of the $75 million Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, bringing to an end the nearly year-old legal dispute.
The Tony Award-winning director of The Lion King, Taymor was fired from the much-delayed Spider-Man in March 2011 following her resistance to making any major changes in the wake of a series of blistering reviews. A new creative team was brought in to overhaul Spider-Man ? many of Taymor?s signature elements were stripped in the process ? transforming it into one of the most successful, if also most expensive, productions on Broadway.
Taymor, who also co-wrote the original show, responded in November 2011 by filing a breach of contract lawsuit against lead producers Michael Cohl and Jeremiah J. Harris, alleging they violated her copyrights and deprived her of future royalties. The producers counter-sued in January, insisting Taymor ?could not and would not do the jobs that she was contracted to do,? and therefore didn?t deserve additional royalties.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, a federal judge in New York announced today that the parties had reached a settlement. The terms were not disclosed.
In January, the producers settled a grievance filed on Taymor?s behalf by her union, the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, and agreed to pay her $9,750 a week in royalties in accordance with her contract as director.
Following Taymor?s firing, Spider-Man shut down for three weeks to undergo an overhaul at the hands of new director Philip William McKinley and writers Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and?Glen Berger. When the musical returned in mid-May for previews, it was described as ?virtually unrecognizable? from the show savaged by critics in February.
The show, which costs about $1.2 million a week to produce, grossed almost $1.4 million last week.
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