Hannah Montana created by someone else?
Another writer has filed a lawsuit claiming he pitched the original script for what ultimately became the hit Disney Channel series starring Miley Cyrus about a so-called average teen who moonlights as a pop star.
Per the complaint filed Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court and obtained by TMZ.com, Richard Fronduto maintains he penned a script in 1990 titled The Secret Life of Sindi (never mind that that sounds like porn), which later was retitled Family Business.
His agent pitched the idea—which also featured a single dad who acts as his kid’s manager—to Disney, Fronduto says, which in turn liked it so much that the network requested a draft for a two-hour pilot.
Sometime later, according to his lawsuit, his brainchild birthed Hannah Montana.
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I call BS! I really think this plot is one that’s been done time and time again. You can’t claim you created a plotline like that. That’s like claiming the girl who dresses up like a dude to get ahead in the working world was a story you made up.
Um, and anyone remember Jem?: http://squareeyes.blinkx.com/?p=305
Comment by Kat — January 29, 2009 @ 1:09 pm
HANNAH VC É D+ EU TE ADORU VC É MUITO LINDA E MARAVILHOSA MEU SONHO É VER VC
Comment by POLIANA — February 22, 2009 @ 3:58 pm