“We are investigating the issue with a law firm in Hollywood and may go ahead with an injunction against the series,“ says Ingvar Thordarson, cinematic producer.
Last night the 19th episode of the third series of Heroes was aired on NBC Television in the United States, sections of which had previously been leaked on YouTube. The television show’s topic bore a striking likeness to that of Astropia (Dorks & Damsels), the Icelandic movie from 2007 produced by Thordarson and Julius Kemp, Frettabladid reports.
According to Thordarson, the subject matter of upcoming Heroes episodes is a direct copy of his film.
Thordarson believes the alleged infringement could have a particularly serious impact because the film’s producers have been in discussions recently about a possible Hollywood remake of the popular Icelandic comedy. “We haven’t spoken about it much, but we have been in discussions with a fairly large Hollywood studio,” he said.
Thordarson said the first objective of any legal action would be to stop the offending Heroes episodes from being televised, and the second phase would be deciding on a claim.
These guys are idiots. Plain and simple. Unless they’ve got the patent on attractive blondes working with stereotypical geeks locked tight, then really this is all just a joke and they have no case.
THEY HAVE NO CASE, IF THEY HAD THEN THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THE LORDS OF THE RINGS SHOULD SUE THEM TOO…
BY THE CONTRARY, THEY SHOULD SUE THE ICELANDIC CINEMA DIRECTORS WHO DID A MOVIE THAT COPIES ANYTHING IN BETWEEN FLASH GORDON AND BRIDGE TO THERABUYTHIA…
HAHAHA
agreed to previous comments… this is nothing more than producers of a small film trying to pull some free publicity to their little project. if anything, heroes promoting a concept they are trying to capitalize on can only help.
how many potential moviegoers are going to think “gee, i WAS going to go see that Icelandic film but it just seems to resemble that heroes episode i saw 8 months ago… forget it!”
dont think so
Mental. You can see the two (totally dissimilar) clips here:
http://twitchfilm.net/site/view/yet-another-lawsuit-icelandic-nerds-vs-heroes/