Maverick Reports Light Chop 

Paramount Pictures has been sued by the family of Ehud Yonay, author of the 1983 article Top Guns, upon which the 1986 blockbuster film Top Gun was based. 

The suit was brought by the author’s heirs, Shosh and Yuval Yonay, who allege Paramount's rights to the article ended in 2020. Paramount—in a reported move that belies Top Gun: Maverick’s 08 May 2021 completion date—argued the film was "sufficiently completed" before its rights to the original article expired. 

A Hollywood news source reports the Yonay family sent Paramount a cease-and-desist letter on 11 May 2022—weeks before the release of "Top Gun: Maverick.” 

The Yonay family is represented by attorneys Marc Toberoff and Alex Kozinski who jointly state, "This case arises out of Paramount’s conscious failure to re-acquire the requisite film and ancillary rights to the Yonays’ copyrighted Story prior to the completion and release of their derivative 2022 Sequel."

Paramount—in keeping with Hollywood’s traditions of thieving and scum-baggery— is alleged to have denied the sequel is derivative of the original article. 

In a statement to Fox News Digital, a spokesperson for Paramount said, "These claims are without merit, and we will defend ourselves vigorously.” 

"Top Gun: Maverick" premiered on 27 May 2022 after two years of delays ascribed to a specious and controversial pandemic. The film has earned over $246-million to date, and marks a career best for Tom Cruise, who’d not formerly had a film opening exceed $100-million. 

In a previous report, Aero-News cited Chinese objections to images of the Taiwanese and Japanese Flags that appeared in Top Gun: Maverick. 

FMI: www.topgunmovie.com