Ice Cube Sued Over 'Lottery Ticket'

A week from it's official opening day in theaters, Ice Cubes latest film, Lottery Ticket, is already having legal  issues.

TMZ reports that another screenwriter is claiming that the premise of the film was stolen from him by his agent, and then shuffled on to another of the agents clients.

The lawsuit, filed Wednesday (August 11) in a Los Angeles Superior Court, claims that Tom Huang's own film idea with the same theme as that of  Lottery Tickets, was ripped off by agent Brad Kaplan. 

Huang claims in the lawsuit that he came up with an idea for a movie back in 2004, wrote a "treatment" for it ... and talked it over with his agent Brad Kaplan. From there, he says Kaplan stole it and gave it to his client Erik White, who is the writer and director of Lottery Ticket.

Huang claims the film ripped off various elements from his original treatment -- including "detailed plot elements, characters, and scenes."

Although the suit is for an undisclosed amount, Huang states in the legal documents that he believes Lottery Ticket will make millions at the box office so I'm sure if he wins this suit, he's going to want a nice percentage of the profits. Stay tuned!

Lottery Ticket hits theaters August 20th.

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