(CN) – The 2007 Steven Spielberg film “Disturbia” did not copy from Alfred Hitchcock’s classic “Rear Window” and the short story on which it was based, a federal judge in Manhattan ruled. U.S.

The film, which opens Sept. 26, reteams star Shia LaBeouf with director D.J. Caruso, a tandem that worked together on the 2007 hit ‘Disturbia,’ a sort of ‘Rear Window’ for the 21st century ...

Disturbia has clear similarities to Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 thriller Rear Window, but it isn’t a remake of it nor a modern version.Based on the 1952 short story It Had To Be Murder, by Cornell ...

“Disturbia” is “Rear Window” as retrofitted by Circuit City. The snooping hero starts out with binoculars, but his techniques soon involve a tripod-mounted surveillance camcorder and a ...

NEW YORK – A lawsuit claims Steven Spielberg, DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures Corp. ripped off "Rear Window" when they made the movie "Disturbia." The 2007 thriller "Disturbia" stars Shia ...

A message to all those who are thinking about suing a Hollywood studio for ripping off an idea: Unless the studio agreed to hear your pitch, or unless you've got concrete evidence that your ...

DreamWorks' "Disturbia" is a rip-off of Alfred Hitchcock's "Rear Window," according to a lawsuit filed Monday in Manhattan federal court.

Through the years, Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rear Window” has inspired a host of mediocre imitators, but “Disturbia” is not one of them. On the contrary, “Disturbia” is a first-rate ...

The filmmakers are quick to acknowledge “Rear Window” as a forerunner for the voyeurism of “Disturbia,” a thriller about a housebound teenager convinced his neighbor’s a serial killer ...

"Disturbia" is a Junior League "Rear Window" that accomplishes exactly what it sets out to do: It raids the Hitchcock original for its basic plot mechanism - the one in ...

“I’d help, but I’m just a little spatially challenged right now,” teenage Kale (Shia La Beouf) says to pretty Ashley (Sarah Roemer), who’s moving in next door. He’s not kidding: After ...