According to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Malak's lawyer requested the judge to allow Malak to present his allegations in court and to showcase his script created in 2002.
Malak stated that his script described humans traveling to another planet inhabited by primitive residents to mine resources, but faced resistance from the local primitive inhabitants. Cameron plagiarized parts of the content from his own movie script.
James Cameron's 3D film 'Avatar' was released in 2009, telling the story of a United States Marine sent to a distant planet called Pandora to mine and exploit local mineral resources. The film was a huge success upon release, winning three Academy Awards and becoming the highest-grossing film worldwide.
Cameron's lawyer, Brian Gray, refuted Malak's lawsuit on the same day, stating that Cameron wrote the script for 'Avatar' as early as 1997, and even if Malak had written a similar script, Cameron had never seen it, making claims of plagiarism and copying unfounded.
It is reported that the court will announce on the 20th whether it will hear the case.
