A federal judge ruled Tuesday that movie studios can be sued for misleading trailers under California’s false advertising laws.
U.S. District Judge Stephen Wilson issued the ruling in regards to a suit that was brought against Universal by two Ana de Armas fans, according to Variety. Conor Woulfe and Peter Michael Rosza claimed to have rented the movie “Yesterday” because they had seen de Armas featured in the trailer. After they rented the movie from Amazon Prime, they discovered de Armas was cut from the film, prompting them to file a lawsuit against Universal Pictures, the outlet stated.
Universal argued that movie trailers are an “artistic, expressive work” that merely conveys the theme of the movie and is therefore entitled protection under the First Amendment, according to Variety.
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