UPDATED with Steve Coogan statement: Steve Coogan has issued a statement reacting to the settlement that he has struck with Richard Taylor over the 2021 film The Lost King. He said that due to the ill health of Philippa Langley, whose recollection of events around the finding of King Richard III’s remains was the basis for the film, her evidence …
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Laura Hammond,East Midlands and Lizo Mzimba,Entertainment correspondent The Lost King The film told the story of the search for Richard III’s remains in 2012 A university academic is to be awarded “substantial damages” after a court ruled the portrayal of him in a Steve Coogan film about the discovery of a Richard III’s remains did have a defamatory meaning. Richard …
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Steve Coogan, his production company Baby Cow and Pathé Productions have settled a libel claim over their 2022 film “The Lost King,” with the university employee who sued over his depiction in the film being awarded “substantial damages.” The film, which was written by Coogan and stars him and Sally Hawkins, tells the story of how the remains of British …
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