Lionsgate/Joss Whedon Sued Over 'The Cabin in the Woods'
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In the complaint, Peter Gallagher (no, not that Peter Gallagher) claims Whedon and Goddard took the idea for The Cabin in the Woods from his 2006 novel The Little White Trip: A Night In the Pines. He's suing for copyright infringement and wants $10 million in damages.
Gallagher is basing his claim on the works' similar premises: Both feature a group of young people terrorized by monsters while staying at a cabin in what is revealed to be (spoiler alert) a horror-film scenario designed by mysterious operators.
These things can take years to process or to be heard, that's what someone said. He might not have been aware that his film had been plagarised or it might have taken a long time to mount a case.
