MGM attempts to put the kibosh on "Raging Bull 2"

Robert DeNiro as Jake LaMotta in "Raging Bull"

In one of the most welcome pieces of news to come out of Hollywood recently it's being reported the MGM is taking 91 year old Jake LaMotta and the producers of the wanna-be Raging Bull sequel to court to stop production.

MGM claims it has a contract that grants them exclusive rights to make any followup film and that LaMotta knew this, as did RGII productions, which is producing the film. According to Deadline MGM also wants compensatory and punitive damages and exemplary damages “awarded in an amount sufficient to punish the RB II defendants and to deter those who would commit or knowingly seek to profit from similar actions, now or in the future.”

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