Oscar nominated actor Jesse Eisenberg is suing Lionsgate Entertainment and Grindstone Entertainment for $3 million in damages suffered for alleged misappropriation of right of publicity and unfair business practices in the marketing of the horror film Camp Hell.
Eisenberg, who was paid $3,000 for what is essentially a cameo, is upset that the studios are pushing the bible-camp set thriller as an Eisenberg vehicle, posting his geeky mug predominantly on the movies sleeve and marketing materials.
Lawyers for the Rio and Social Network star filed the lawsuit on Nov. 23 in Los Angeles Superior Court (you can chew on the legalese here), explaining the action as way to keep the actors fans from being bamboozled.
While the majority of the public will debate whether Eisenberg is a douche-bag for suing or is truly being taken advantage of by the studios, I just feel bad for Camp Hell leads Andrew McCarthy and Dana Delany. This cant be good for their egos.
McCarthy starred in such 80s hits as Heaven Help Us, St. Elmos Fire, Pretty in Pink, Mannequin, and Weekend at Bernies (pictured above). Unfortunately, his deal with the devil must have dissolved after Bernies 2 and, well, here he is.
Delany, who rose to fame on 80s drama China Beach, is experiencing a resurgence in her career, having starred for three seasons on ABCs Desperate Housewives and currently toplining the studios new medical dramedy Body of Proof. Still, she apparently knows better than to say no to a rent-check.
Eisenberg may be hot today, but there may come a time when his magical Jew-fro will fail to draw audiences and hell consider himself fortunate to star as the janitor with a mysterious past in a home video original. Hopefully, no one will make him feel like a loser for doing so.
I guess what Im saying is that I really like Michael Cera.
For future reference: Actors of fully Jewish background: -Logan Lerman, Natalie Portman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Mila Kunis, Bar Refaeli, James Wolk, Julian Morris, Esti Ginzburg, Kat Dennings, Erin Heatherton, Odeya Rush, Anton Yelchin, Paul Rudd, Scott Mechlowicz, Lizzy Caplan, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Gal Gadot, Robert Kazinsky, Melanie Laurent, Marla Sokoloff, Shiri Appleby, Justin Bartha, Adam Brody, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Gabriel Macht, Halston Sage, Seth Gabel, Alden Ehrenreich.
Actors with Jewish mothers and non-Jewish fathers -Jake Gyllenhaal, Dave Franco, Scarlett Johansson, Daniel Radcliffe, Alison Brie, Eva Green, Emmy Rossum, Jennifer Connelly, Eric Dane, Jeremy Jordan, Joel Kinnaman.
Actors with Jewish fathers and non-Jewish mothers, who themselves were either raised as Jews and/or identify as Jews: -Andrew Garfield, Ezra Miller, Gwyneth Paltrow, Alexa Davalos, Nat Wolff, James Maslow, Josh Bowman, Ben Foster, Nikki Reed, Zac Efron, Jonathan Keltz.
Actors with one Jewish-born parent and one parent who converted to Judaism -Dianna Agron, Sara Paxton (whose father converted, not her mother), Alicia Silverstone, Jamie-Lynn Sigler.
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