Tomorrow Never Dies , saying the whole thing was their idea.
The Baltimore- based writers said in their lawsuit, filed late Friday in U.S. District court in Los Angeles, that they circulated their screenplay for an action movie in March 1996, to talent agencies, production companies, producers and studios. Among those requesting a copy of the script, the lawsuit alleged, was Madeline Warren, wife of writer Bruce Feirstein, who has the sole screenplay credit for Tomorrow Never Dies . Also named as defendants are the movie's producer, Barbara Broccoli, and director Roger Spottiswoode. Although the original Bond films were based on the books of the late Ian Fleming, the later versions have relied on the imagination of screenwriters. Never Dies heroine, Wai Lin, played by Michelle Yeoh.