Fans can sue over trailer that featured a cut character, says court

Yesterday (Danny Boyle film) Himesh Patel in Yesterday | Image: Tribeca Film Festival

A trailer for Danny Boyle’s film Yesterday might count as false advertising for including a character — played by Ana de Armas — who was cut from the film. As reported by Variety yesterday, a California court is allowing parts of a lawsuit against Universal City Studios to proceed over Universal’s objections. The ruling finds trailers are commercial speech advertising the content of a film and not, as Universal argued, artistic expression that rec...

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