Legal dispute over rights to Jim Sheridan’s Dublin biopic Sheriff Street

Acclaimed film director Jim Sheridan has become unwittingly embroiled in a bitter legal dispute over his much anticipated and much delayed biopic, Sheriff Street.

Sheridan was promised $150,000 (€140,000) for certain rights to the film screenplay but never received any money, it is alleged in court papers.

A Canadian production company is accusing a Hollywood film financier and producer of fraud, alleging he falsely claimed rights to the Sheriff Street screenplay penned by the In America director, who has recently been filming The Secret Scripture in Ireland.