{"id":234760,"date":"2021-04-24T18:48:24","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T15:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/filmmaker-dolph-lundgren-sued-over-blown-documentary-pact\/"},"modified":"2021-04-24T18:48:24","modified_gmt":"2021-04-24T15:48:24","slug":"filmmaker-dolph-lundgren-sued-over-blown-documentary-pact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/filmmaker-dolph-lundgren-sued-over-blown-documentary-pact\/","title":{"rendered":"#Filmmaker Dolph Lundgren sued over blown documentary pact"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Filmmaker Dolph Lundgren sued over blown documentary pact<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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A British filmmaker is stepping into the ring with \u201cRocky IV\u201d star Dolph Lundgren, suing him for allegedly pulling out of their agreement to make a \u201cfly-on-the wall\u201d documentary shortly before its completion, court papers say.<\/p>\n

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Chee Keong Cheung, whose action-horror thrillers<\/a> include \u201cRedcon-1,\u201d said he entered into a \u201c50\/50\u201d partnership with Lundgren in January 2020 to film the actor and martial artist at his home in Los Angeles and on film sets, chronicling his daily life for a year, according to a lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles County Superior Court. He said he incurred nearly $100,000 in expenses and accumulated 100 hours of footage.<\/p>\n

The idea behind the documentary was to present \u201ca fascinating and insightful contrast to Lundgren\u2019s public persona as an action star,\u201d according to court papers. Cheung met Lundgren in 2015 on the set of \u201cMalevolence,\u201d a feature film Lundgren, 63, directed and Cheung co-wrote. That film is due to be released next year, according to IMDb<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to Cheung, Lundgren agreed to split the documentary revenues after Cheung recouped his costs, including filming and editing expenses, from the finished product. But in October, Lundgren\u2019s manager called Cheung to tell him Lundgren had changed his mind and wanted to work with Canadian company Score G. Productions on a similar documentary project. <\/p>\n

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Less than two months later, Lundgren refused to continue filming and allegedly breached the agreement with Cheung, according to court papers.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a result, Cheung was denied the benefit of the bargain he struck with Lundgren, denied the opportunity to profit from the year of work he devoted to the documentary, and left holding the bag on all the costs,\u201d court papers say. <\/p>\n

Born in Sweden, Lundgren began acting <\/a>at the suggestion of his former lover, the Jamaican singer Grace Jones, for whom he first worked as a bodyguard in Australia. He moved with her to New York, where he studied acting, worked as a bouncer at the Manhattan nightclub Limelight and partied with artists Andy Warhol and Keith Haring. His big breaks came when he was cast as a KGB agent in the James Bond film \u201cA View to a Kill\u201d and Soviet boxer Ivan Drago in \u201cRocky IV\u201d in 1985.<\/p>\n

Later, he starred in numerous action films, including \u201cMasters of the Universe,\u201d \u201cAquaman\u201d and \u201cThe Expendables\u201d alongside Sylvester Stallone.<\/p>\n

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