Sony announced on Thursday that it was dropping its claim against Greg and Colin Strause for having allegedly stolen special effects from “Battle: Los Angeles” for their lower-cost movie, “Skyline.”
In a statement to TheWrap, Sony wrote that “SPE was satisfied its special effects were not used in ‘Skyline.’”
The Strause brothers run Hydraulx Entertainment, a special-effects company that created the effects for the big-budget “Battle: Los Angeles,” which opened last weekend to $36 million.
In a separate project, the brothers produced and directed “Skyline,” with a much lower budget, but a remarkably similar plot-line and look — about an alien invasion of Los Angeles.