A US judge has ruled that moviegoers who are upset that their favorite star was dropped from a picture after appearing in the trailer may bring a false advertising claim against the studio.
Two moviegoers claim that Universal Pictures duped them into renting the 2019 movie “Yesterday” because Ana de Armas was featured in the trailer.
Conor Woulfe, 39, of Maryland, and Peter Michael Rosza, 45, of San Diego claim they paid USD 3.99 apiece to view the Richard Curtis comedy on Amazon Prime only to find out that de Armas had not been included in the final edit.
A class action suit filed earlier this year alleges fans had been led to expect the Cuban “No Time To Die” star would feature prominently.
However, they “did not receive a movie with any appearance of Ana de Armas at all,” says the suit, reported by US media on Friday.
Accordingly, “such consumers were not provided with any value for their rental or purchase,” the suit added.
Trailers are protected by the First Amendment of the US Constitution, which guarantees freedom of speech, according to Universal, which had pleaded with US District Judge Stephen Wilson to dismiss the complaint.
