Eva Green

The star of 'Casino Royale' is suing White Lantern Films over the demise of the sci-fi film 'A Patriot'

She is asking the court to rule that she is entitled to the money and that White Lantern should also pay her legal costs. Green, who was both an actor and executive producer on the project, has claimed she is entitled to be paid her fee in the event that the production was cancelled under a so-called “pay or play” provision. [Ellie Harrison](/author/ellie-harrison) [Eva Green](/topic/eva-green) is due to appear at the [High Court](/topic/high-court) in a legal battle over the demise of a £4m film project, with texts published in court papers ahead of the trial revealing that she called the executive producer of the movie a “devious sociopath” and “pure vomit”.

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Actors Tim Robbins and Kathy Bates had originally been attached to the movie. “It was for her a passion project”, he said. Mr Mallin said Green had a “commitment to the film she wanted to make, but she had not only not a commitment but a vitriolic aversion to the film White Lantern can and was going to make.” She bent over backwards to get this done. In messages disclosed before the trial, the French actress, 42, branded Mr Seal as “evil” and a “mad man”, referred to herself as “Cruella”, and called Mr Bird a “f***ing moron”. Green has been accused of “unreasonable demands” and a secret bid to sabotage production, but she says the film was fatally undermined by efforts to make it “on a shoestring”.

The Casino Royale actress, 42, had been due to appear in A Patriot before production was shut down in October 2019.

She made repeated offers to use part of her fee to fund the production costs.' 'She repeatedly agreed to postpone the start of principal photography. The Casino Royale star, 42, had been due to star in sci-fi film A Patriot before production was shut down in October 2019. She agreed to the move of the production from Ireland to the UK. He added: 'This was, for her, a passion project. In text messages used in White Lantern's claim, Ms Green is said to refer to one of the film's executive producers, Jake Seal, as 'evil', a 'devious sociopath' and 'a liar and a mad man'.

She is suing the production company, White Lantern Films, claiming she is entitled to her $1 million (£810,000) fee as actor and executive producer under a “pay ...

The French actress, who played Vesper Lynd in James Bond thriller “Casino Royale,” is suing producers for a $1 million fee she says she is owed for “A Patriot.".

Production company White Lantern Film is fighting the claim and is countersuing, saying Green made “unreasonable demands” and undermined the production. Green’s lawyer, Cullen, said the text message had to be seen “in context” as “an informal venting of a stream of consciousness” during a tense stage of the film’s production. Lawyers for the production company argue in written submissions that Green had expressed “a lack of confidence and dissatisfaction” in some of the production team and had grown increasingly reluctant to be involved in the project.

A lengthy legal dispute over a never-made film starring French actress Eva Green reached London's High Court on Thursday.

But he accused White Lantern of trying to "lay every failure of the production at Ms Green's door", while in fact the project was in a "state of complete dysfunction". She is also seeking legal costs. Cullen accused the production company of trying to depict Green as a "diva to win headlines and damage her reputation".

The Bond actress is suing production company White Lantern Films, claiming she is entitled to her fee for the abandoned film A Patriot.

He added: “This was, for her, a passion project. He later told the court that the production was in a “state of complete dysfunction” and that the “reality” was “this was a production which could never have actually been made and the defendant knew it”. from Hampshire”. The barrister said that in other exchanges with her agent and Mr Pringle, Ms Green claimed Mr Seal was planning to make a “cheap B movie”, describing him as “the devil” and “evil”, production manager Terry Bird as a “f****** moron”, and local crew members as “s***** peasants… In a message to Mr Pringle, Ms Green claimed her “soul will die” if she was to make the film with Mr Seal at the Black Hangar production facility in Hampshire, Mr Mallin said. He said she had “not only not a commitment, but a vitriolic aversion to making a film that White Lantern could and was going to make”.

As part of a lawsuit, Eva Green's private WhatsApp messages have been released, but does anyone have a right to judge her?

The latter, in particular, is patently out of order (I would, however, argue to some extent that its bare-facedness is quite iconic in a Kate-Moss-getting-kicked-off-EasyJet-for-calling-the-pilot-a-basic-bitch way), but more broadly, as an avid texter myself, I would probably go to bat for the right to be dramatic, silly, and over-the-top – though obviously not actually offensive – in the heat of the moment on WhatsApp. So far, so standard – or at least it would be, were the messages Green sent regarding the film and its personnel not so outrageous as to be genuinely laughable. (Green’s lawyer, Edmund Cullen, has criticised their release, arguing it was a move “designed to paint my client as a diva to win headlines and damage her reputation”.)

On the first day of a trial in London on Thursday, Max Mallin KC, for White Lantern Films, accepted Ms Green had a commitment to making a film but one “she ...

He added: “This was, for her, a passion project. He later told the court that the production was in a “state of complete dysfunction” and that the “reality” was “this was a production which could never have actually been made and the defendant knew it”. from Hampshire”. The barrister said that in other exchanges with her agent and Mr Pringle, Ms Green claimed Mr Seal was planning to make a “cheap B movie”, describing him as “the devil” and “evil”, production manager Terry Bird as a “f****** moron”, and local crew members as “s***** peasants… In a message to Mr Pringle, Ms Green claimed her “soul will die” if she was to make the film with Mr Seal at the Black Hangar production facility in Hampshire, Mr Mallin said. He said she had “not only not a commitment, but a vitriolic aversion to making a film that White Lantern could and was going to make”.

LONDON (AP) — A lawyer for Eva Green on Thursday accused producers of a collapsed film of trying to damage the performer's reputation by depicting her as a ...

Production company White Lantern Film is fighting the claim and is countersuing, saying Green made “unreasonable demands” and undermined the production. Mallin said Green had “a vitriolic aversion to making a film that White Lantern could and was going to make.” Max Mallin, a lawyer for the production company, said that in the messages Green accused Seal of wanting to make a “cheap B movie” and called local crew members at the production facility in southern England “peasants.”

Eva Green is headed to court this week as part of a legal dispute over a film project which never saw the light of day. The 42-year-old former Bond girl has ...

She also appears to take aim at the crew of the film when she realises she can’t bring in her own people. Despite A Patriot never seeing the light of day, Green is demanding that her full fee ($1m, so roughly £830,000) be paid. Now the French actress is suing production company White Lantern Films for a film she was due to star in which was shut down at the last minute and never released.

The French actress, who played Vesper Lynd in James Bond thriller “Casino Royale,” is suing producers for a $1 million fee she says she is owed for “A Patriot.".

Production company White Lantern Film is fighting the claim and is countersuing, saying Green made “unreasonable demands” and undermined the production. Lawyers for the production company argue in written submissions that Green had expressed “a lack of confidence and dissatisfaction” regarding some of the production team and had grown increasingly reluctant to be involved in the project. He said Green “loved the script and wanted the film to be made,” but “the financial plan was never going to work.”

Actor is suing White Lantern Films and SMC Speciality finance for fee for A Patriot but two firms are countersuing.

In written submissions, Max Mallin KC, for the counterclaimants, said that the messages, which also included a reference to local crew members as “shitty peasants … He said the WhatsApp messages were “perhaps, carelessly expressed” but needed to be considered in context. was this was a production that could never be made and the defendants knew that.”

A lengthy legal dispute over a never-made film starring French actress Eva Green reached London's High Court on Thursday. Green, who starred alongside ...

The 42-year-old actress is suing the UK-based production company White Lantern Film, claiming she is still entitled to her fee of $1 million (£810,000). She is also seeking reimbursement of her legal costs. The 42-year-old actress Eva Green is suing the UK-based production company White Lantern Film, claiming she is still entitled to her fee of $1 million (£810,000).

Production of 'A Patriot' stopped in 2019. Now the film company and the actor are facing each other in court.

She has agreed to have the production moved from Ireland to the UK. She has repeatedly offered to use part of her fee to fund production costs,” he writes. Green’s lawyer has fought back against the allegations.