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Summary Director of Broadway production of Spider-Man has settled a lawsuit against the producers.
Director Julie Taymor has reached a deal in New York to settle a lawsuit she brought over the Broadway production of Spider-Man.The settlement was disclosed in a document filed Thursday in federal court in Manhattan. Settlement terms were not immediately released.Taymor had said the current hit Broadway production, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, was based on the unlawful use of her copyrighted written works.Taymor was fired last year and the musicals script was rewritten after the $75 million production had trouble getting past previews. The musical has since become a success. The lawsuit had said damages would exceed $1 million.Taymor sued the producers in November and they countersued. The producers say Taymors treatment was based on pre-existing Spider-Man comics and films.
