Tarantino Sued Over Kill Bill

By WENN
Tuesday, March 9, 2010

QUENTIN TARANTINO is facing a lawsuit from a screenwriter who has accused the director of copying his idea for the KILL BILL movies.

Dannez Hunter alleges he sent a story to bosses at film company Miramax in 1999, about a fictional character named Ren.

The writer claims his idea was used by Tarantino in his two-part martial arts epic, which featured a character called O-Ren, played by Lucy Liu. The legal documents, obtained by TMZ.com, claim Tarantino took the “concept/character name Ren” from Hunter’s work.

Hunter also alleges he applied for a job at Miramax and was “never given a return phone call”.

He has filed suit in California demanding royalty payments from the two films, amounting to more $1 million (£666,667).

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