Stephen Gaghan is the director/screenwriter behind Syriana. A French screenwriter has filed a lawsuit against him, Warner Brothers, and Section Eight (that’s George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh’s production company).

“At least 15 to 20 scenes of [Syriana] — the characters and how they develop, creative elements, the entire structure — [have] been lifted directly,” says Vergniault. The reason she kept silent about it is simple: until recently she was in Jordan, doing research.

I was disappointed when Gaghan received a best original screenplay nomination for his Syriana script. It would appear my sixth sense works!