Look what I got! A copy of Gandolfini's lawsuit

Jerome

Acrobat reader needed.

http://news.findlaw.com/cnn/docs/sop...bo30603cmp.pdf

NOITALL

i dunno what to make of that

Jerome

That makes two of us.

I will have my mother look at it and tell me what the hell it means. She was a legal secretary for the state for like 35 years.

NOITALL

I kept reading it and was like "yeah so what, get to the fucking part about the money"

Jerome

Did you see anything about a dollar amount?

I looked but did not see any.

NOITALL

no i didn't, thus why I lost interest

SRT Mike

Basically it breaks down like this:

Gandolfini had a contract for 1 year and HBO had options to keep him for 6 additional years at their discretion. There was a timeline stated for when they needed to let him know whether he was being extended or not. The suit alleges that they only signed him for 4 of the 6 renewal options, and that they did not sign him for year 5 and 6 within the timeline stated in the contract and therefore he is not obligated to do a 5th and 6th year season.

It also alleges that he is a California resident and there is a law in Cali that states no employment contract can be extended for 7 years, so since it would be 7 years (6 one-year options and the first year) that he cannot be made do to the 6th year renewal.

In laymans terms he is trying to get a judge to agree that he is NOT contractually obligated to do a 5th and 6th season. If he gets the court to rule on his side, then he can go back to HBO and say "sorry ain't doing it unless you pay me $1MM per episode!". If the court rules against him, then HBO could sue him to force him to do the show, knowing that he was under contract to do it. They could also reasonably go after him for damages and costs incurred if he did indeed break his contract.

That's all this is about - nothing to do with money in this lawsuit, only Gandolfini hoping to get the court to rule that he does NOT contractually have to do a 5th and 6th season. If/when he gets that, he is in a MUCH better negotiating position with HBO and doesn't have to worry too much about getting sued for damages related to holding up the show.

NOITALL

thanks for clearing that up!

Smokin

Mikes explanation was too long for me to keep interest too. Someone do the cliffs notes verstion of mikes post..AKA 3 sentences. [img]/images/graemlins/laughing.gif[/img]

SRT Mike

For the uber-dumb....

Sentence 1:

James Gandolfini wants to get more money from HBO for starring in "The Sopranos"

Sentence 2:

He has a contract that obliges him to do the show for up to 7 years and his pay is fixed during this time.

Sentence 3:

So he hires some attorneys to find holes in the contract that lets him get out of it, thereby allowing him to claim he doesn't HAVE to work and therefore demand more money from HBO for his work.


More distillation? And why has nobody gotten the joke on my "consumer products" thread? Where's the love? Come on - I'm fuckin hilarious!

NOITALL

I don't visit the consumer products but I'll go look..out of pity

Smokin

Thanks for the lazy mans version. Now for all you longwinded ones. Lets keep it to 3 sentences, so the lazy ones dont have to move their eyeballs and scroll so much.

Jerome

Thanks for the explanation Mike.

It all could be a moot point as it was on the tv last night that he is in talks with HBO again. They are discussing the date to start filming again.

NOITALL

I hope so, The Sopranos is easily my fave show on TV

Jerome

From what I heard on the tube, HBO wants this show to go on badly.

Just give him a $1,000,000 per and lets go already.

Smokin

Just give him the money already.

King GTS

HBO offered $850,000 a show already. He declined!

Smokin

I was unaware of that Trey.

NOITALL

fuck if the fags from firneds can get $1million he sure as hell can. same goes for that assclown that smashed his viper that does fasier

SRT Mike