Movie fans disappointed that their favorite actor was cut from a film after appearing in the trailer can sue the studio for false advertising, a US judge has ruled. Two film buffs say Universal Pictures tricked them into renting 2019 flick "Yesterday" because the trailer featured actress Ana de Armas. Peter Michael Rosza, 45, of San Diego, and Conor Woulfe, 39, of Maryland, say they forked over $3.99 each to watch the Richard Curtis comedy on Amazon Prime, only to discover that de Armas had not made the final cut. A class action suit filed earlier this year alleges fans had been led to expect the Cuban "No Time To Die" star would feature prominently. However, they "did not receive a movie with any appearance of Ana de Armas at all," says the suit, reported by US media on Friday. Accordingly, "such consumers were not provided with any value for their rental or purchase," the suit added. Universal had asked US District Judge Stephen Wilson to throw out the complaint, arguing that trailers are protected by the First Amendment of the US Constitution, which guarantees free speech. But in his ruling on Thursday, Wilson rejected the studio's argument, saying trailers are commercial speech and subject to laws around honest advertising. "At its core, a trailer is an advertisement designed to sell a movie by providing consumers with a preview of the movie," the judge wrote. AFP could not immediately reach a representative for Universal. https://www.rawstory.com/movie-fans-can-sue-over-misleading-trailer-says-us-judge/
Wow, I wonder how much of the $3.99 each renter will recover, after attorney fees. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say, rounded to the nearest penny, $0.00. barfo
I rented a movie from red box one time and it said Jim Henson was in it, but it was just a bunch of puppets and I would like my 99 cents back.
