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Fox, Warner Bros & David Hudgins Get ‘Past Life’ Copyright Suit Dismissed

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Friday September 28, 2012 @ 1:08pm PDTTags: David Hudgins, Fox, Hollywood lawsuit, Warner Bros. Entertainment

A New York judge has tossed the yearlong legal action around the short-lived paranormal crime series. “The Court finds that no discerning observer would conclude that Past Life had appropriated protected elements from Transience,” wrote Judge Barbara Jones yesterday (read ruling here). Transience writer Stevan Mena sued Fox Entertainment, Warner Bros Entertainment as well as producers David Hudgins and Craig Perry for copyright infringement last August. Produced by Warner Bros Television, Past Life debuted on February 9, 2010. With low ratings, Fox cancelled the show after three episodes. The screenwriter claimed that significant elements of the TV series were drawn from the script he wrote back in 2008. For instance, both do feature reincarnation, a child who has visions and is taken care of by a doctor and crime. However the judge ruled that there’s nothing unique about such story devices. Mena contends that his feature script made its way to Past Life creator Hudgins via Practical Pictures’ Perry and was the basis for the show. READ MORE »

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Dick Wolf & David Hudgins To Adapt British Series ‘Injustice’ For NBC

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday September 4, 2012 @ 3:00pm PDTTags: Big Deals TV, David Hudgins, Dick Wolf, NBC
Nellie Andreeva

Law & Order mastermind Dick Wolf is returning to the courtroom with Injustice, a U.S. version of a British format, which will be written by former Friday Night Lights executive producer David Hudgins.

The project, from Universal TV and studio-based Wolf Films, is described as an intricate legal drama/psychological thriller about a devoted criminal defense attorney with a dark past buried deep in his psyche and heart, who juggles his complicated family situation with his emotionally conflicted feelings about representing heinous criminals. Read More »

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