{"id":9246,"date":"2011-12-09T01:55:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T01:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/james-cameron-sued-by-sci-fi-geek-you-stole-avatar-from-me\/"},"modified":"2011-12-09T01:55:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T01:55:00","slug":"james-cameron-sued-by-sci-fi-geek-you-stole-avatar-from-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/09\/james-cameron-sued-by-sci-fi-geek-you-stole-avatar-from-me\/","title":{"rendered":"James Cameron Sued by Sci Fi Geek — You Stole ‘Avatar’ from Me!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

James Cameron<\/span> Sued By Sci Fi Geek —<\/span> You Stole ‘Avatar’ From Me!!!<\/span><\/p>\n

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James Cameron<\/strong> is an idea stealing thief … who ripped the story for “Avatar<\/strong>” from a science fiction nerd who once worked with Cameron’s production company … this according to a new lawsuit.<\/p>\n

Cameron is being sued by a guy named Eric Ryder<\/strong> — who claims back in 1997, he came up with a movie called “KRZ 2068<\/strong>” — an “environmentally themed 3-D epic about a corporation’s colonization and plundering of a distant moon’s lush and wondrous natural setting.”<\/p>\n

Ryder claims the movie also involved “self-contained robotic exterior suits which house a single human operator” …. just like in “Avatar.”<\/p>\n

According to the suit, filed in L.A. County Superior Court, Ryder claims his reps pitched the movie idea to Cameron’s production company back in 1999 … and it was so well received, they had multiple serious meetings with high ranking execs about the development of the project.<\/p>\n

But Ryder claims in 2002, the company officially shut down the project — telling him, “No one would go see an environmentally themed feature length science fiction movie.”<\/p>\n

So when “Avatar” hit theaters in 2009 … and made bazillions … Ryder was furious.<\/p>\n

In his suit, Ryder alleges he complained to Cameron’s people in 2009 — but when they finally got back to him earlier this year, they told him to kick rocks, claiming J.C. had written the story before 1999.<\/p>\n

Ryder says Cameron’s people are lying — claiming there are way too many similarities between the two projects — including Ryder’s idea for one of the characters to be played by Sigourney Weaver<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Ryder is suing for unspecified damages — probably a bloody fortune.<\/p>\n

Attempts to reach Cameron’s people were unsuccessful.<\/p>\n

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