Actor James Caan has launched a $5 million lawsuit alleging non-payment on a movie deal he made with Fish Weir Filmworks LLC. Caan claims that the big Fish wrongfully backed out of a deal for him to play the lead role in a movie called The Lightkeepers.

The lawsuit, penned by Caan's lawyer, LA's Marty Fisher, includes the following, which brings a touch of color to the sometimes gray world of tort and writ:

Adams and his company Fish Weir Filmworks, LLC like some miscreant characters from the hit television drama Las Vegas thought they could pull one over on James Caan and get away with it. They were dead wrong. Caan is not one to be hustled or cheated by Hollywood players and he's calling their bluff.

What Fish apparently failed to recognize is that James Caan is no dumb celebrity - certainly not with Fisher at his shoulder, that's for sure.

Fresh Intelligence