A 10-year-old boy who directed a short film starring Kevin Bacon sued a woman who helped finance the movie, saying she unfairly demanded creative control and distribution rights.
Dominic Scott Kay, a child actor who was the voice of Wilbur the pig in “Charlotte’s Web,” claims in a lawsuit filed on his behalf Thursday that he came up with the story for the short film “Saving Angelo.”
The movie is based on Kay’s real-life effort to nurse a badly injured dog back to health.
The lawsuit alleges that Conroy Kanter, who sunk about $11,000 into the project, demanded creative control, including the right to decide where the film can be shown.
She “has threatened to sue Kay (a 10-year-old!) if he finishes editing the film . . . without her consent,” the suit says.
Kanter’s lawyer contends she gave the money as a charitable contribution and that the lawsuit stems from a dispute between Kanter and Kay’s mother over who should benefit from the film.
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