Sci-Fi Author Harlan Ellison Claims 'In Time' is Ripping Him Off, Sues to avoid The Film's Release

More not so great for Justin Timberlake: His new movie, 'In Time,' been hit getting a suit that seeks to avoid its March. 28 release. The script for your approaching sci-fi thriller -- that's occur the following where time generally is money -- is credited to director Andrew Niccol ('Gattaca'), but legendary sci-fi author Harlan Ellison states the completely new film is ripping off an very similar prize-winning short story he written in 1965. In line with the suit, 'In Time,' bears numerous parallels to Ellison's Hugo and Nebula-award-winning story, 'Repent, Harlequin! Mentioned The Ticktockman.' Are both occur a "dystopian corporate future through which everyone is allotted a sum of your energy to resideInch and also have a government authority known to like a "Timekeeper" that tracks the particular time period every individual leaves. Ellison states the parallels are "apparent" which critic Richard Roeper, who's already seen the film, confirms with him. He's demanding all profits from 'In Time' -- that won't substantially if he effectively stops the release. Ellison's many Hollywood credits are the 'Star Trek' episode "The City concerning the Side of Forever" as well as the 1969 publish-apocalyptic story 'A Boy and also the Dog,' which was converted to a film starring Don Manley. But not every people projects have gone well: In 1977, he was hired to evolve fellow sci-fi author Isaac Asimov's 'I, Robot' in to a screeplay, but was dropped within the project after accusing a Warner Bros. executive of having the "intellectual capacity from the artichoke." The film was eventually created in 2004, without Ellison's participation. A suit over James Cameron's 'The Terminator,' which alleged it required it's origin from his 'Demon Getting a Glass Hand' episode of 'The Outer Limits' was settled getting a screen credit "acknowledging" Ellison within the finish in the film. Cameron wasn't happy relating to this, calling Ellison "a parasite who is able to hug my ass." [via THR, Wikipedia] image courtesy last century Fox