Army Vet Claims James Cameron Turned His Ideas Into Avatar
In a lawsuit filed on December 13, 2011 in the United States District for the Central District of California, Army vet Gerald Morawski filed various contract and fraud claims against Lightstorm Entertainment and James Cameron for allegedly using his ideas to make the the film Avatar. In 1991, Morawski, who has worked in the visual effects industry, sold Lightstorm a set of images for James Cameron’s art gallery. He alleges that he entered discussions with the company to make a film called Guardians of the Eden. The detailed descriptions of the film contained in the complaint sounds strikingly similar to Avatar. Of course, the validity of his claims is an entirely different matter. Although Morawski’s illustrations were included as exhibits in the complaint (see below), they do not appear in the electronic document posted by the federal courts.