Broadway Producer Sues Partners After Failed Casting of Keira Knightley, Al Pacino

Gary Oldman, Miley Cyrus, Keira Knightley and Al Pacino will not be coming to Broadway, after all.

According to Forbes, Starvox Entertainment has sued its partners for fraud after the two firms - June Entertainment and Rubicon Falls Entertainment - did not sign the aforementioned celebrities for its Broadway-hopeful shows, or return its deposits, totaling $200,000, for the promised casting.

Gary Oldman would have starred in a revival of SLEUTH, slated for a pre-Broadway engagement at the Ed Mirvish Theatre in Toronto, followed by a run in New York. Oldman allegedly agreed to appear in the show and would have been paid $1 million.

Miley Cyrus would have taken the stage in GREASE, and Keira Knightley was being sought for a revival of WAIT UNTIL DARK.

When Starvox tried to follow up with Knightley's agent, who had supposedly a signed contract, MGMT's Adam Isaacs told them: "That is not close to my signature. Keira is also back in the U.K. with a new baby and under no circumstances does she want to do a play right now."

Al Pacino was also reportedly on the roster for WAIT UNTIL DARK, alongside Sophia Bush and Steven Bauer. After the incident with Knightley's agent, Starvox reached out to Pacino's producer, who said the actor only does plays "he has done in the last 30 years" and would never agree to appear.

Starvox then asked the two firms to return their deposits, they refused, and the lawsuit was filed. Starvox is seeking $200,000 in compensation for the deposits, as well as $600,000 in punitive damages.

A spokesperson for June Entertainment claims the lawsuit was filed as payback for a previous argument over Starvox's touring production of SHERLOCK HOLMES; actor David Arquette and others have requested money they have yet to receive from the project.

"We looking forward to putting these jokers behind us and the courts dropping the case once they find out the truth," a June Entertainment representative told Forbes. "Starvox is a joke and [its founder] Corey Ross is a dishonest criminal."

POTTED POTTER, EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL and CANNIBAL! THE MUSICAL are among Starvox's previously produced touring shows.

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