Netflix and the MPAA back FX in Feud battle with Olivia De Havilland, warning of the “chilling fear of litigation”

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“The type of claims pursued by a celebrity like Olivia de Havilland here deserve especially heightened scrutiny because docudramas, biopics and historical dramas—which by design do not portray individuals or events literally or with obedience to historical fact—often depict real people who may not like, and may even be offended or embarrassed by, how they are portrayed,” said Netflix and the Motion Picture Association of America in a brief supporting FX in the lawsuit over Feud: Bette and Joan.