A New York playwright filed a lawsuit seeking for the immediate shut down of Barbershop: The Next Cut as he claims the film ripped off his stage play.
Ronald Dickerson, a writer, actor and film director also known as JD Lawrence, filed the lawsuit on Monday claiming $20 million in damages and requesting the movie’s release in theaters to be blocked.
The new movie, which hits theaters Friday and is directed by Malcolm D Lee, marks the third film of a series of comedies that he claims ripped off his stage play Scissors.

