Robin Williams v. Frank & Beans: A Couple of Dicks

E! Online reports that Robin Williams is suing a production company by the name of Frank & Beans for $6 million. E! also provides the complaint, which alleges causes of action for breach of contract and promissory estoppel here. According to the complaint, Williams was to be paid $6 million for making a film called “A Couple of Dicks.” The filming was supposed to begin in April. In March, defendant Frank & Beans and its parent company Gold Circle Films (also a defendant) notified Williams that the film had been shelved. Williams alleges that his agreement was “pay or play,” and that defendants had agreed to pay him his $6 million whether or not the film was produced.

Nice work if you can get it.

The contract also allegedly specified that Mr. Williams would get top billing. I wonder how the other Dick felt about that.

[Jeremy Telman]