Now that his time on Empire is up, Terrence Howard has decided to file a lawsuit against the company that funded the hit series.
According to a TMZ report on Wednesday (October 21), Howard filed a lawsuit against 20th Century Fox accusing the company of distorting a still image from one of his scenes from the 2005 film Hustle & Flow and using it as the logo for Empire. Specifically, Howard says, it was the scene was where he’s in the studio recording “It’s Hard Out Here For A Pimp.”
Hustle & Flow was Howard’s breakout role and earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. The aforementioned “It’s Hard Out Here For A Pimp,” recorded by Three 6 Mafia, was also nominated and won for Best Original Song – making them the first Hip Hop group to ever win the category.
Howard says “the still frame was selected, reversed (face looking left, not right), and subjected to CGI that simply distilled the cinematographer’s skilled capture of the head with vibrant light and shadow,” and he’s looking for damages and an accounting of all the Empire merch that featured the logo.
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Empire successfully ran on Fox for six seasons following its premiere in January 2015. It aired its final episode in April of this year, though it was weighed down by the controversy surrounding fellow star Jussie Smollett and the alleged attack that is still being investigated. Howard starred as Lucious Lyon alongside Taraji P. Henson as Cookie.
that’s the american way.
He must be freaking out cause his career might be over
Well, you know, it’s hard out here.. for a pimp.
Best comment here!!!?
Why does that matter? If what they did is wrong, then it is wrong.
His career isn’t over he can still play in other movies tv shows etc empire is big I’m pretty sure he won’t have a hard time finding another role to play in others show or movies
How will your brain think something like that…. You must not be thinking straight to that. Man! He is just getting started. Acting is not like making music. Howard is a god.
Can’t profit off of this for 6 years then sue them for more money. No way he just noticed this. Go back to your made up math and letters. I love Terrence Howard, but he’s a next level weirdo
I believe he was smart to wait till the series was done. Now it wont hurt the series.
Terrance Howard beats women. Where’s the MeToo clowns?
I cried when EMPIRE finished it was the best tv series ever I miss all the songs and drama