Warner Bros. Can't Nix Artist's King Kong Idea Theft Claim

By Bonnie Eslinger ( August 5, 2016, 7:06 PM EDT) -- A California judge on Friday rejected Warner Bros.' bid to evade an artist's claims that the studio and Legendary Pictures stole ideas he had pitched about King Kong's origins for the upcoming film "Kong: Skull Island," saying the complaint properly alleges that the artist and Warner Bros. had an implied contract....

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