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Screenwriter Sues Tyler Perry Over "Temptation"

Did Tyler Perry get tempted to steal the idea for his film Tyler Perry's Temptation?

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Did Tyler Perry get tempted to steal the idea for his film Tyler Perry's Temptation? A screenwriter from Gary, Indiana claims so.

William James, a small town scribe, is suing Perry for stealing the script for the critical bomb from him, reports TMZ. James says Temptation is a rip-off of his script Lover's Kill, which he wrote in 2009. The synopsis for James' original work is a woman, tempted by a man who ruins her picture-perfect marriage.\r
Um, isn't that a tale as old as time? If James intends to pursue this in court, he'll have to name virtually every author, screenwriter and filmmaker in history as co-defendants.  To make matters worse, James admits he doesn't even know if Perry ever read his script. He submitted it blindly to Oprah Winfrey, hoping it would reach Perry.

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