‘Yellowjackets’ Copyright Suit Faces Skeptical Los Angeles Judge

April 21, 2025, 7:43 PM UTC

A Los Angeles federal judge was skeptical Monday of arguments that the TV show “Yellowjackets” copies from the 2015 film “Eden” themes of social breakdown after a soccer team is stranded in a plane crash.

Judge Dean D. Pregerson took under submission a motion to dismiss Eden Film Production LLC’s November complaint during a hearing in the US District Court for the Central District of California, asking the film company’s attorney, “What is it that you think you own?”

“You think it’s unique that a cult of people turns to an evil charismatic leader?” Pregerson said, adding “we know from ...

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