Way back in March we were the first on the net to publish the court case documents regarding the Tupac movie that is currently stuck in a legal battle. Basically Morgan Creek Entertainment sued Amaru Entertainment (Tupac’s estate controlled by his mother) that Amaru backed out of a deal to produce a Tupac biopic. Amaru then fired back in court stating that Morgan Creek sabotaged their efforts to pitch the movie to any other studios or production companies. Well according to recent filings supplied by Amaru Entertainment, a court judge has decided to take Amaru’s case to court and let a jury decide the fate.

Skip Miller of Miller Barondess, LLP in Los Angeles, attorney for Amaru Entertainment, said “We are pleased with the court’s ruling yesterday morning.  It supports our claim that Morgan Creek tortiously interfered with the making of the Tupac Shakur movie.   I look forward to trying this case and have the jury decide the matter.  Morgan Creek has a history of bullying people into giving them rights they did not acquire.  This time, they picked on the wrong people.”

In the ruling yesterday, the court held that Amaru adequately stated a claim against Morgan Creek for interference by making “intentional misrepresentations of fact to third-party studios claiming to own the film rights and threatening them to back off on further negotiations with Amaru Entertainment.” That’s all well and good but we just hope that when the Tupac movie does come to life…and make no mistake it will…we just hope it’s done right and with all the music…which unfortunately the new Death Row still owns a good majority of. We’ll have more as it comes in.