Hollywood Reporter Online: 'Swords' in a legal duel; injunction sought

August 1, 2000

'Swords' in a legal duel; injunction sought

TORONTO -- Lawyers for a Los Angeles TV writer have filed an application for a preliminary injunction to block the fall premiere of Paramount Television's "Queen of Swords," a production from Canadian producer Fireworks Entertainment. Los Angeles attorney Anthony Kornarens of Kornarens & Howard said Monday that TV writer Linda Lukens has asked the Los Angeles Superior Court to block the TV series from airing in September unless she is given a "created by" credit. Kornarens said the upcoming Fireworks series originated from a script and treatment, also titled "Queen of Swords," written by Lukens. "She (Lukens) had written a script in 1977 that had been sold to ABC, and the rights reverted back to her," Kornarens said. "In the late 1990s, she sold the script again. Our belief is the script made its way to Fireworks and Paramount and they incorporated the idea of a super action heroine (into their own series)." The hearing on the preliminary injunction is set for Aug. 30.

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