{"id":12113,"date":"2009-03-06T00:00:53","date_gmt":"2009-03-06T07:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=12113"},"modified":"2009-03-05T13:21:51","modified_gmt":"2009-03-05T20:21:51","slug":"deniro-and-pacino-sue-over-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2009\/03\/06\/deniro-and-pacino-sue-over-ads\/","title":{"rendered":"DeNiro and Pacino Sue Over Ads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Variety<\/em> reports that actors Robert De Niro and Al Pacino are teaming up in a lawsuit against a movie distributor and a watch company that used their likenesses without permission.<\/p>\n<p>The actors&#8217; lawsuit said that Overture Films, who distributed their film <strong>Righteous Kill<\/strong>, entered into a commercial tie-in with Tutima Watches and advertised said watches using De Niro&#8217;s and Pacino&#8217;s names, voices and likenesses without their consent.<\/p>\n<p>They sought unspecified damages.<\/p>\n<p>In reaction to the lawsuit, Overture said:<em> &#8220;We are surprised by this action as Overture Films has not received any communication on this matter for months from Pacino, De Niro or their representatives. 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