SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah company that produced such films as "The Singles Ward" and "The R.M." is suing an executive producer and his production funding company for failure to pay production costs.
In 2003, Provo-based Halestorm Entertainment began working with Bryan Lampropoulos, president of Joshua, Bryan & Co. — created to raise capital for financing motion pictures — and formed Three River Movies Co., according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
The plaintiffs claim that Lampropoulos' company failed to make the promised contribution to the films "Church Ball" and "The Home Teachers" and nearly caused production to shut down.
Halestorm Entertainment owners Kurt Brian and David Hunter say in the lawsuit they paid out of pocket and borrowed elsewhere at the last minute to make up for the difference in production costs.
The lawsuit also alleges that Lampropoulos, through Joshua, Bryan & Co., chartered a private jet to Los Angeles and put the cost on the production budget.
— Lana Groves