The brother of Joey Ramone has filed a countersuit towards the widow of Johnny Ramone, claiming her efforts to cease a Netflix movie concerning the punk legends is “baseless and flimsy.”
In January, Linda Cummings-Ramone sued Joey’s brother Mitchel Hyman (higher referred to as Mickey Leigh), claiming he “covertly” developed an “unauthorized” biopic on the Ramones. In her allegations, Cummings-Ramone asserted that any “authoritative story of the Ramones” would require her approval.
In a lately revealed response (filed on March 15), Hyman and his legal professionals slammed Cummings-Ramone’s claims, whereas additionally insisting she already signed-off on a movie a number of years in the past.
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“Ms. Cummings-Ramone’s principal function is to embarrass, harass, and destroy the integrity of Mr. Hyman, create an totally false narrative about him, rewrite her function within the historical past of the Ramones, and win a recognition contest through which, in her thoughts, she takes over … the legacy of a band of which she by no means was a member and had nothing to do with creatively,” Hyman’s legal professionals wrote (as reported by Billboard).
“She is pushed by an alternate agenda, together with her personal fame and vainness, in addition to a self-serving need to impede tasks and management RPI for causes which battle along with her fiduciary duties and trigger her to keep away from any modicum of cooperation with Mr. Hyman,” the assertion additional declared.
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Hyman additionally argued that Cummings-Ramone already granted her approval to a movie based mostly on his guide I Slept With Joey Ramone in 2006. He added that the deliberate film focusses on his brother and is “not supposed to be a ‘Ramones film’ or a Ramones biopic.”
Particulars on the Joey Ramone Netflix Biopic
A movie based mostly on I Slept With Johnny Ramone was initially introduced in April 2021, with former Saturday Evening Stay star Pete Davidson solid within the title function. Jason Orley, who beforehand labored with Davidson on the movie Huge Time Adolescence, was introduced because the director. Since then, nonetheless, little data has been shared concerning the venture.
Hyman and Cummings-Ramone are the executors of Joey and Jonny’s respective estates. They every personal half of Ramones Productions, giving them management over the band’s music and belongings. Their working relationship has been bumpy, as each side have reportedly engaged in litigation towards the opposite prior to now. In 2018, Hyman sued Cummings-Ramone over her efforts to make use of the Ramones title on tasks with out approval, together with a proposed “Ramones Ranch” in Los Angeles.
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