Should the film Knights of Impossingworth – parts of which could be shot in Jersey – ever come to be made, a former producer who left the project last year has said he will challenge the production company behind it for copyright.
The threat from Australian-based director and photographer Noel Castley-Wright will fuel concerns about the decision of Economic Development to grant taxpayers’ money to such a high-risk project.
Mr Castley-Wright said he was involved with the project from 2009 until early last year when he left after a fall-out with the film’s director, Keith Cavele. He says he has never been paid for his work and is owed more than the £200,000 States grant.
Economic Development chief executive Mike King said that the department was aware of the falling out between the two men but was not concerned by it.