It’s a tale as old as Hollywood: A writer drafts a screenplay and submits it to various competitions. They get some buzz, maybe even placing in a few, though their script ultimately doesn’t land anywhere. Then, they see a movie that feels similar to what they wrote. And after looking at the film’s IMDB page, they realize that they’re a couple levels removed from one of the title’s producers or writers, who they suspect may have read their screenplay once upon a time and ripped it off. They file a lawsuit.

Most copyright infringement lawsuits don’t go anywhere, but a writer suing over popcorn thriller G20 is looking to flip the narrative. In a complaint filed on Wednesday in New York federal court, Clarice Eboni Boykin-Patterson alleges the producers behind the Viola Davis action flick

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