NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Woody Allen is suing Amazon for breach of contract.
CNBC reports a lawsuit was filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York.
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The suit claims that Amazon had no cause to terminate a deal to "finance and distribute his future films and to be his 'home' for the rest of his career."
Last year, Amazon canceled Allen's movie 'A Rainy Day in New York.' The project was set to star Jude Law, Selena Gomez, and Timothee Chalamet.
"Amazon Content entered into the Allen Film Agreements in an effort to build and promote Defendants' film business through a highly-publicized association with Mr. Allen. In exchange for a grant of licenses to distribute at least four motion pictures written and directed by Mr. Allen (the "Allen Films"), Amazon Content agreed, among other things, to: (i) finance the Allen Films, (ii) make minimum guaranteed payments to Gravier totaling between $68 and $73 million, (iii) pay Gravier additional amounts based on the success of the Allen Films, and (iv) distribute the Allen Films widely," the suit says.
The suit claims that Allen had already completed the project and spent over $20 million doing so.
"Amazon backed out of the deals, purporting to terminate them without any legal basis for doing so, while knowing that its actions would cause substantial damage to Mr. Allen, Gravier, investors and the artists and crew involved in making the films. Amazon has tried to excuse its action by referencing a 25-year old, baseless allegation against Mr. Allen, but that allegation was already well known to Amazon (and the public) before Amazon entered into four separate deals with Mr. Allen—and, in any event it does not provide a basis for Amazon to terminate the contract. There simply was no legitimate ground for Amazon to renege on its promises," the suit says.
CNBC reports, Allen is suing for the remainder of the money promised in the agreements, totaling some $68 million.
Neither party has commented on the suit.
