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Warner Brothers and Tarsem Singh sue each other over Constantine movie The big-screen version of DC/Vertigo's Constantine (based on the comic Hellblazer) was charging towards production when the director bailed out on the project in January. Now The Hollywood Reporter reports that Warner Bros. and that director, Tarsem Singh, have filed lawsuits against one another in Los Angeles Superior Court. On Feb. 1, Warner Bros. filed a complaint against Tarsem and his Oedipus Productions. The suit alleges that Singh violated his contract with the studio by bailing on the project. Warner is requesting that the court order arbitration of the dispute and may also seek damages. Last Friday, Singh fired back claiming that Warner "baited (him) with false promises, usurped his creative rights (rights guaranteed under the DGA Agreement), and then, in an ultimate irony, sued im for millions for allegedly failing to do exactly that which they prevented him from doing." Among Singh's allegations are the charge that the studio tried to prevent him from meeting with the film's writer, that they ignored his script changes and instead presented him with a script "which could not be performed at a cost the studio was willing to accept." Finally, the director also alleges that the studio was actively seeking a replacement for him during the development. In his complaint, Singh also claims that he never signed the contract with the studio and only had an oral agreement to supervise development of the script. Taken from Comics2Film, with thanks to Richard Franklin for the heads up. <<< Back To Index.