ANTHONY HOPKINS - HOPKINS' NEW MOVIE FACING RELEASE SETBACK

SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS and LAURA LINNEY's new movie THE CITY OF YOUR FINAL DESTINATION is facing a delay in its cinema release, because of legal action from one of the film's investors.
Actress Susan Malick is suing production company Merchant Ivory over claims she invested $250,000 (GBP125,000) in the film in return for an associate producer credit - but failed to receive a mention in the movie and has yet to see any of the money returned.
Malick's lawyers are to file papers at New York's Manhattan Supreme Court in a bid to get an injunction to stop the release of the movie, which is due to premiere at the city's TriBeCa Film Festival later this month (Apr08).
Malick insists she has been forced to take legal action against the company as she now owes over $350,000 (GBP175,000) to a credit card company.
She tells New York gossip column PageSix, "It has been a disaster. My credit has been destroyed and I'm living hand to mouth.
"(Company founder) James Ivory was a wonderful friend. But when I call him now he says, 'I can't speak of this,' or 'I have a call waiting.' Little did I know how much contempt for me he could hold in the bone marrow of his body. It breaks my heart."