Warner brothers may have to pay $900 million if they can't prove that ghosts are real?

Problem is that his cause of action is against the Warrens, not WB. He has no contractual agreement with WB, thus WB is not in violation of any agreement. As to the truth vs fiction element, if they based the films directly on the Warrens’ accounts, and the Warrens presented these accounts as a truthful retelling of events, i think the WB is pretty safe in stating that the works are fact based narratives as related by the Warrens. If the Warrens misrepresented the truth to WB, again, that’s the Warrens’ misbehavior, not the WBs. I think the only way the author can make out any case at all against WB is if there’s some way of proving that they used his book as the foundation rather than the Warrens’ direct accounts. Since his suit is not for plagiarism, but for breach of a contract to which WB was not a party, this appears to be nothing more than a frivolous lawsuit and bid for attention.

As to whether it is incumbent on the WB to fact check the Warrens’ claims before advertising the events in the film as real, if we aren’t going to expect this of our Commander in Chief nor any of the national news media, we certainly can’t hold film makers accountable.

I’m predicting a WB victory here while knowing none of the details.

Unless the author can get prove WB used the aujthor’s published materials.

If the author was after WB for unauthorized use of the writing, that’s another matter.

Or if the author can go after WB for knowingly interfering with an existing contract.

(Why not make stupid know-nothing predictions today? Hell, it’s Monday morning and I need the entertainment.)