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March 31st, 2013 
Peter Nolan 
Angelina Jolie is likely to win a lawsuit that claimed she stole material for her film from a book.
Source: news.com.au
ANGELINA Jolie looks set to win a lawsuit against a writer who claimed her film, In the Land of Blood and Honey, stole work from him.
A US judge found that In the Land of Blood and Honey – Jolie’s directorial debut – was not substantially similar to the Croatian journalist’s novel, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Jolie, 37, also wrote and produced the film.
Journalist James Braddock sued the actress just weeks before In the Land of Blood and Honey opened in cinemas in the US in late 2011.
Braddock alleged that the film – about a love affair during the Bosnian Civil War – violates his copyright on a book, The Soul Shattering.
According to Braddock’s lawsuit, one of the film’s producers, Edin Sarkic, had read The Soul Shattering and had discussions over the possibility of creating a film adaptation of the book.
But according to a tentative decision by US District Judge Dolly Gee, the works are not substantially similar, and as a result, Braddock has been ordered to show cause why the action should not be dismissed with prejudice.
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