Hamish Hamilton vs Madonna
As the Madonna fans who spent last Summer with MadonnaTribe remember, British director Hamish Hamilton was going to direct the Live broadcast of Madonna’s Re-Invention Tour from Lisbon at the end of the Tour’s european leg. Reportedly Hamilton traveled to Portugal for a technical visit to the Pavilhão Atlântico in order to decide how and where he will install tv cameras as both Lisbon show will be recorded (check out more our news archive on the Tour Section here).
You also know that the project did not materialize as the deal with US network CBS did fall through.
Now the name of Hamilton comes back in the spotlight as the director and several British companies involved in the creation of the European TV concert special have sued Madonna, alleging she still owes more than $300,000 in directing and production fees.
In the suit, filed Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleges that Madonna owes director Hamish Hamilton and The Rude Corp. $175,000 for work on a TV special of her 2004 European “Reinvention Tour.”
Hamilton alleges in the suit that he traveled to shows in New York, Florida, California, Nevada, France and England as part of his contract and scouted locations in Portugal for the TV special.
The suit also alleges that Madonna owes Done and Dusted, Ltd., more than $155,000 for expenses incurred during pre-production and production work on the program.
Madonna‘s publicist, Liz Rosenberg, did not immediately return a call for comment Thursday.
This news will hopefully shed some light on who actually directed the recording of the last two shows of Madonna’s Re-Invention Tour. As you remember, the initial plan was to have Jonas Akerlund working on the documentary and Hamish Hamilton filming footage for the Live DVD as he did for the Drowned World Tour HBO Special that ended up on the official DVD release.
Reports from Lisbon in the days of the show were also hinting that Akerlund was in charge of the Live DVD as well after the CBS cancelled their broadcast.
As usual, we’ll keep you posted.
Source: AP Wire/Miami Herald/PA via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News
We’ve been talking of…
• CBS Special on the re-Invention Tour – May 20, 2005
• CBS Live from Portugal? – May 27, 2005
• Tribe Preview – Hamish Hamilton will direct the re-Invention tv broadcast/dvd – August 28, 2005
• CBS Madonna concert doesn’t materialize – September 10, 2005
• CBS Concert Deal Falls Through – September 11, 2005
