The brother of Joey Ramone has filed a countersuit towards the widow of Johnny Ramone, claiming her efforts to forestall a Netflix movie in regards to the punk legends is “baseless and flimsy.”
In January, Linda Cummings-Ramone sued Joey’s brother Mitchel Hyman (higher referred to as Mickey Leigh), claiming he “covertly” evolved an “unauthorized” biopic at the Ramones. In her allegations, Cummings-Ramone asserted that any “authoritative tale of the Ramones” will require her approval.
In a just lately published reaction (filed on March 15), Hyman and his attorneys slammed Cummings-Ramone’s claims, whilst additionally insisting she already signed-off on a movie a number of years in the past.
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“Ms. Cummings-Ramone’s primary function is to embarrass, harass, and damage the integrity of Mr. Hyman, create an totally false narrative about him, rewrite her function within the historical past of the Ramones, and win a reputation contest through which, in her thoughts, she takes over … the legacy of a band of which she by no means used to be a member and had not anything to do with creatively,” Hyman’s attorneys wrote (as reported by way of Billboard).
“She is pushed by way of another schedule, together with her personal repute and self-esteem, in addition to a self-serving need to impede initiatives and regulate RPI for causes which battle together with her fiduciary tasks and motive her to steer clear of any modicum of cooperation with Mr. Hyman,” the observation additional declared.
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Hyman additionally argued that Cummings-Ramone already granted her approval to a movie according to his guide I Slept With Joey Ramone in 2006. He added that the deliberate film focusses on his brother and is “now not meant to be a ‘Ramones film’ or a Ramones biopic.”
Main points at the Joey Ramone Netflix Biopic
A movie according to I Slept With Johnny Ramone used to be firstly introduced in April 2021, with former Saturday Evening Reside famous person Pete Davidson solid within the name function. Jason Orley, who in the past labored with Davidson at the movie Large Time Youth, used to be introduced because the director. Since then, alternatively, little knowledge has been shared in regards to the mission.
Hyman and Cummings-Ramone are the executors of Joey and Jonny’s respective estates. They every personal part of Ramones Productions, giving them regulate over the band’s tune and belongings. Their running courting has been bumpy, as each side have reportedly engaged in litigation towards the opposite previously. In 2018, Hyman sued Cummings-Ramone over her efforts to make use of the Ramones identify on initiatives with out approval, together with a proposed “Ramones Ranch” in Los Angeles.
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