50 Cent is basking in reward for his Netflix docuseries Sean Combs: The Reckoning_,_ however he’s additionally firing off new authorized pictures in a bitter Hollywood conflict over a film he says hijacked his title, face, and model.

The rap mogul simply filed one other blistering lawsuit in Los Angeles federal courtroom, accusing Skillhouse producer Ryan Kavanaugh and his corporations of breaking a settlement and persevering with to make use of his picture to advertise the bombed-out horror flick and a rival streaming service.

The timing is wild.

While the remainder of the world talks about The Reckoning, 50’s explosive Diddy doc laying naked years of abuse and energy performs, he’s again in courtroom preventing over what he calls “brazen and unauthorized” use of his likeness.

The doc cemented his fame as Hip-Hop’s new truth-teller, however this case, a couple of film that critics known as “a giant pile of s###,” reveals how protecting he’s of that fame.

According to the 50-page grievance, 50 Cent agreed to look in Skillhouse again in 2022 after some early talks with Kavanaugh, however says no last deal was ever signed.

He nonetheless filmed scenes in good religion, trusting that the paperwork would get completed. It didn’t.

Instead, the lawsuit claims Kavanaugh and his crew slapped “A 50 CENT MOVIE” and “PRODUCED BY 50 CENT” throughout the posters and promo clips, then used his picture and even bottles of his champagne model, Le Chemin du Roi, to offer the mission extra credibility.

That may’ve been unhealthy sufficient, however the lawsuit says the scenario went nuclear this spring after each side settled the case on May 12.

50 says Kavanaugh’s staff broke the deal nearly instantly, by no means paid up, and saved selling Skillhouse utilizing his face and emblems.

The actual insult, based on the submitting, got here when Kavanaugh’s staff used 50’s likeness to assist launch their very own streaming service, GenTV, straight competing together with his personal platform, 50 Cent Action, which he runs with Lionsgate.

Skillhouse barely cracked $100,000 on the field workplace earlier than being yanked from theaters and 50 says the injury hit him arduous. He claims the unhealthy buzz tanked his performing gives and damage the worth of his manufacturing model.

One livid reviewer wrote, “I think a $12 lobotomy would’ve been more enjoyable than the $12 I spent to go watch this giant pile of s###.”

Another known as it “Actively one of the worst things I’ve ever seen. Barely classifies as a film.” Horror shops piled on, branding it “time-wasting brain rot” and a “garbage dump of a movie.”

Now, 50 Cent is asking the courtroom for at the least $5 million and full management over his picture rights.

For a man whose Diddy doc simply grew to become one among Netflix’s most talked-about true crime releases, the distinction couldn’t be sharper.

On one facet, 50 Cent’s Sean Combs: The Reckoning is drawing reward for its unflinching have a look at Hip-Hop’s fallen mogul.

On the opposite hand, he’s suing to maintain his personal model from being dragged by means of the mud by a flop horror film he says he by no means authorized.

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