'Fast and Furious 7' on screen tomorrow
The film "Fast and Furious 7" will be released tomorrow as scheduled after a civil court dismissed the injunction on it yesterday.
The release of the Hollywood blockbuster was in the doldrums last Thursday when Sahamongkol Films filed a civil lawsuit against its pending release.
Sahamongkol was suing actor Phanom “Tony Jaa” Yeerum for breaching his contract by appearing in the film as well as Universal Pictures and distributor United International Pictures.
Yesterday, the three defendants’ attorney appealed to the court to lift the ban as it was unfair to the fans. Sahamongkol was also blamed for holding the film hostage to a dispute between it and the actor.
Jaa made no comments before flying to Los Angeles to attend the film’s premier tonight.
The legal row kicked off two years ago, when Jaa’s 10-year contract was due. When the actor refused to sign a new contract, Sahamongkol claimed the contract was automatically renewed. Jaa did not respond to this claim.
Apart from “Fast and Furious 7”, Jaa has another two films in the pipeline – “Skin Trade”, which is set to be released in Thailand on April 23, and Hong Kong film “SPL 2”, set to be released in June.
