Film studio Universal can be sued for false advertising after two fans complained a movie trailer was misleading, a US judge has ruled.
Some footage of these scenes featured in the trailer. In the case of the Yesterday trailer, he said, it was plausible that viewers would expect de Armas to have a significant role in the film. In their briefing on the issue, Universal's lawyers argued that it is not unusual for movie trailers to feature clips that do not appear in the finished film. "At its core, a trailer is an advertisement designed to sell a movie by providing consumers with a preview of the movie." But the judge rejected that argument, ruling that a trailer is commercial speech and is subject to the California False Adverting Law and the state's Unfair Competition Law. The pair argued they would not have paid the money to rent the film if they had known the actress did not feature in it.
Ana de Armas fans are suing Universal Studios for $5m after the actor appeared in a trailer for 'Yesterday' but was cut from the final film.
The studio’s lawyers argued that a trailer is a three-minute “artistic, expressive work” used to convey the movie’s themes. The judge, however, denied that argument, ruling that a trailer is commercial speech, making it subject to California’s False Advertising Law and Unfair Competition Law. On Tuesday, US District Judge Stephen Wilson issued a ruling on the fans’ January lawsuit brought against Universal Pictures.
Conor Woulfe and Peter Michael Rosza seek $5 million from Universal Studios over false advertising, involving a deceptive trailer featuring Ana de Armas.
But the ruling was not sympathetic to their argument as the Judge established that trailers are intended to promote a movie. The decision was made regarding a lawsuit involving Danny Boyle’s movie ‘Yesterday’ that featured [Ana de Armas](/topic/ana-de-armas)in the movie’s trailer but not in the final cut. She was eventually cut from the film because the test audience reacted negatively to her presence, making the protagonist stray away from his central relationship.
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De Armas, 34, was originally cast to co-star in the flick. In a ruling Thursday, the judge rejected the studio’s claim, finding that trailers fall under commercial speech and are subject to the state’s false advertising law. District Judge Stephen Wilson to dismiss the complaint, arguing that movie trailers have protection under the First Amendment.
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De Armas, 34, was originally cast to co-star in the flick. In a ruling Thursday, the judge rejected the studio's claim, finding that trailers fall under commercial speech and are subject to the state's false advertising law. District Judge Stephen Wilson to dismiss the complaint, arguing that movie trailers have protection under the First Amendment.
A Los Angeles federal judge ruled that two movie fans can allege false advertising against Universal Pictures in a lawsuit in which they contend the studio ...
De Armas, 34, was originally cast to co-star in the flick. In a ruling Thursday, the judge rejected the studio's claim, finding that trailers fall under commercial speech and are subject to the state's false advertising law. District Judge Stephen Wilson to dismiss the complaint, arguing that movie trailers have protection under the First Amendment.
Judge Wilson rejected Universal's bid to dismiss the lawsuit brought by two Ana de Armas fans and said trailers were subject to advertising laws.
The fans, Peter Michael Rosza and Conor Woulfe, argued that they were tricked into watching "Yesterday" after they saw Armas in the trailer. The complaint said Universal was "unable to rely on fame of the actors playing Jack Malik or Ellie to maximize ticket and movie sales and rentals," and therefore "used Ms. Universal argued that it would "open the floodgates" to others who felt they had been misled by trailers. At least $5m is being claimed on behalf of the fans in the lawsuit. [lawsuit against Universal](https://www.insider.com/universal-sued-by-ana-de-armas-fans-over-yesterday-2022-1) in January after they paid $3.99 to rent the rom-com online to find that the "No Time to Die" actress didn't appear in the film. - They sued Universal because actress Ana de Armas was in the trailer, but didn't appear in the movie.