NYTimes.com: A federal judge has set a May 28 trial date for the director Julie Taymor, Bono and the Edge of U2, and the producers of the Broadway musical “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” to battle in court over a lawsuit stemming from the spectacular implosion of their years-long collaboration on the show.
Judge Katherine B. Forrest of Federal District Court in Manhattan ordered on Friday that the parties may conduct discovery through May 1 and that “trial is and will be on May 28, 2013,” adding that no further meetings with the judge were necessary. The order came four days after the judge, during a closed-door session with the various sides, expressed frustration that they had not been able to settle disputes over copyright control and profits from the show in spite of coming to terms in principle in August.
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It is safe to say that these trials will be pretty long lasting considering the size of the case and the amount of money involved. I think it is funny that the show is considering going on tour. Unless the designs are dramatically scaled down, there will probably be some serious problems money wise, producing these shows. I am sure that theaters would not be too opposed to letting the show come through, considering how much money they will make by having their spaces torn apart, not to mention all of the publicity around the show will defiantly bring in money.
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