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Tupac's story subject of legal battle


February 18, 2009 Morgan Creek is in a legal turf war with the estate of Tupac Shakur. The Rick Nicita production banner has sued Amaru Entertainment, the company run by Afeni Shakur, the late rapper's mother and executor, alleging in a Los Angeles Superior Court filing that the company has backed out of an agreement to sell his life rights for a film adaptation. Negotiations between Morgan Creek and Amaru began in November, about the time former CAA partner Nicita joined the banner, for life rights that would form the basis of the untitled project.

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