A playwright is attempting to block the release of Ice Cube's fourth Barbershop film because he claims it rips off his stage play Scissors.
Ronald Dickerson, a writer, actor and film director also known as JD Lawrence, has filed a lawsuit against a number of networks and studios claiming $20m in damages.
The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan, seeks an injunction blocking the release of the film, claiming the plot, themes, characters and situation bear an overwhelming resemblance to those of Scissors, a stage play that toured in cities around the country from 1998 to 2001.
Barbershop: The Next Cut, which stars Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Eve and Nicki Minaj, is the latest of a series of films about the owners of a Chicago barbershop and an Atlanta beauty salon, their employees and neighbourhood problems such as gangs and gentrification.
Lawrence's play is about the proprietors of a barbershop and hair salon in a predominantly African-American neighbourhood, and events in the community around the business.
Time Warner Inc, Warner Brothers Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc and Showtime Networks Inc are all named in the lawsuit but have not commented on the action.
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