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Manhattan Federal Court Judge Katherine Forrest’s order gives the two sides 60 days to reach a final agreement. If they don’t, the case could be revived.
Updated : Aug 31, 2012, 06:48 PM IST
Ousted director Julie Taymor has reached a tentative setxtlement with the producers of the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.
Manhattan Federal Court Judge Katherine Forrest’s order gives the two sides 60 days to reach a final agreement. If they don’t, the case could be revived, the New York Daily News reported.
Dale Cendali, a lawyer for producers Michael Cohl and Jeremiah Harris confirmed the deal but declined further comment.
Taymor was booted from the musical in March 2011 after a series of accidents and cost overruns pushed the production to more than $100 million.
Critics also savaged the show, which included music by Bono and The Edge of U2.
Last November Taymor filed a $1 million lawsuit claiming Cohl and Harris cheated her out of royalties and stole portions of her work.
In January, the producers counter sued, portraying Taymor as a money-grubbing diva whose “hallucinogenic” vision of the show near nearly sabotaged it.
She was replaced by Philip McKinley and the revamped show became a bona-fide hit under his direction, bringing in more than $1 million-a-week.