Paul Lozada, who worked on the 2014 original film as well as the director's 'Training Day,' claims he provided the production information to boost the movie's authenticity at the director's request.
In May 2022, Fuqua allegedly reached out to Lozada about collaborating on a possible TV project before asking for his input on, which opens in theaters on Friday. Fuqua allegedly said he wasn’t satisfied with the script and “needed some real Italian Mafia inner workings,” specifically about activity of gang members in Italy, where the film was shot. He requested Lozada “gather all the information [he] could about this Italian Mafia Crime Group ,” the complaint claims.
The next month, Lozada sent Fuqua multiple reports relating to Italian organized crime, after which Fuqua allegedly asked for more material. They had multiple conversations about the director’s “misgivings about the script in its current form,” particularly with respect to the authenticity of certain issues. Fuqua asked Lozada to review the script “with a fine-toothed comb and to get back with his observations/thoughts,” the suit says.
Lozada points to the movie packaging drugs in wine bottles from Afghanistan, which he suggested, as proof that Fuqua used his ideas.
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