White Wolf sues
White Wolf is taking legal action against the creators of the new Underworld movie.

I admit. When I first saw the trailer for Underworld, I thought "Wow. It's like White Wolf's World of Darkness." Not having read the script or anything and just going off what I've seen in the trailers, they probably did draw a lot of inspiration from White Wolf material.

However, I think WW is going a little too far. I seriously doubt the movie has a vampire clan called the Brujah or Toreador. I doubt the movie will have the Eco-warrior Garou. The movie combines them with the Romeo and Juliet story. Are WW and Collins claiming they invented that story too? Nobody believes Shakespeare actually came up with the idea either. (Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter on the other hand, would have been completely original.)

When the Vampire RPG game originally came out, Anne Rice was at the peak of her popularity and Vampire: The Masquerade made no attempt to hide all the material they were borrowing from Rice. If they can sue the makers of Underword, can Anne Rice sue them? Can the creators of Near Dark sue White Wolf?

Maybe White Wolf's just pissed that Underworld is probably going to turn out better than Kindred: The Embraced.