The Hurt locker being sued

More bad
news for
The Hurt
Locker ! An
army
sergeant has
just filed a
multi-million
dollar
lawsuit
against the makers of the Oscar-
nominated film, claiming Jeremy
Renner ’s character is based on
him.
According to EW, US Army bomb
disposal expert Jeffrey Sarver
filed a lawsuit Tuesday, claiming
“ The Hurt Locker motion picture
and DVD are nothing more than
an exploitation of a real life
honorable, courageous, long
serving member of our armed
forces, by greedy multi-billion
dollar ‘entertainment’
corporations.”
Those mentioned in the lawsuit
include the film ’s producer Mark
Boal, director Kathryn Bigelow,
and distributor Summit
Entertainment.
Summit has since replied with
the statement, Summit said, “We
have no doubt that Master Sgt.
Sarver served his country with
honor and commitment risking
his life for a greater good, but
we distributed the film based on
a fictional screenplay written by
Mark Boal. We hope for a quick
resolution to the claims made by
Master Sgt. Sarver. ”
Talk about a bad week! Just
yesterday, the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
denied Hurt Locker producer
Nicolas Chartier entry to the
show because of an email he
sent encouraging people to vote
for his film, and putting down
the fellow Best Picture
contender Avatar.
Regardless of either of these
hiccups, The Hurt Locker was an
excellent film, and we ’re
expecting it to win more than
one Oscar on Sunday!