Director James Cameron has been sued by a former employee who claims he stole the idea for Avatar from him.Science fiction fan Eric Ryder wants unspecified damages for his contribution to the film, which made $1.7billion and was the highest grossing in cinema history.
He claims he that in 1999 whilst working for Cameron he wrote a story called K.R.Z. 2068 which has remarkable similarities to Avatar.
But in 2002 the project was shut down because ‘no one would go see an environmentally themed feature length science fiction movie’ - apparently until Avatar came out in 2009. Full Read
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