'The Martian' Plagiarism: Russian Screenwriter Sues Fox Over Alleged Copied Script

Russian screenwriter Mikhail Raskhodnikov is suing Fox for allegedly plagiarizing his script in The Martian. Raskhodnikov's lawyer Shota Gorgadze said on the air of the Russian FM station Vesti that his client wrote a script entitled Marsianin (The Martian) back in 2008, which was later submitted to local and international studios. According to Gorgadze, Raskhodnikov is certain that the script eventually made it to Fox's main...
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