{"id":293873,"date":"2024-03-11T00:54:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T05:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/alexander-payne-accused-of-plagiarizing-luca-writer-for-holdovers"},"modified":"2024-03-11T00:54:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T05:54:57","slug":"alexander-payne-accused-of-plagiarizing-luca-writer-for-holdovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/alexander-payne-accused-of-plagiarizing-luca-writer-for-holdovers","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Payne Accused of Plagiarizing 'Luca' Author for 'Holdovers'"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The director of ‘The Holdovers’ is being accused of ripping off another Hollywood creative, who claims the guy hijacked his own years-old script in what he calls outright plagiarism.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Simon Stephenson<\/strong> — whose story\/writing credits include ‘Luca,’ ‘Paddington 2’ and other big hits — levied a heavy plagiarism allegation against Alexander Payne<\/strong> earlier this year with none other than the WGA … and his claims are just now coming to light publicly.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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According to Variety<\/strong><\/a> — which has reviewed and published emails from this whole ordeal — Stephenson hit up some WGA honchos to complain that Payne’s script\/story for ‘The Holdovers’ was a “brazen” ripoff of a script he wrote back in 2013 called ‘Frisco.’<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Not only are the plots nearly identical, Stephenson alleges, but he goes on to claim there is “line-by-line” replication … adding he has proof Payne reviewed his screenplay in years past.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Stephenson wrote in one of his emails to WGA, “I\u2019ve been a working writer for 20 years — in my native U.K. before I came to the U.S. — and so I\u2019m very aware that people can often have surprisingly similar ideas and sometimes a few elements can be \u2018borrowed,\u2019 etc.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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He adds emphatically … “This just isn\u2019t that situation. The two screenplays are forensically identical and riddled with unique smoking guns throughout.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Stephenson was reportedly told his gripes were not a guild issue, and that he might need to consider a lawsuit to address his concerns — no word on whether he’s done that yet.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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As for Payne — who’s not a writer on ‘Holdovers,’ but who says he heavily supervised the script-writing process — he’s publicly said his flick is loosely inspired by a 1935 French film.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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We’ve reached out to Payne, ‘Holdovers’ script writer David Hemingson and the production and distribution companies attached to the film (an Oscar darling). So far, no word back.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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