The Ontario Court of Appeal (
ONCA )
has broken new ground by ordering security for a trial judgment in
Wiseau Studio, LLC v Harper, 2021 ONCA 31. While appellate courts in other
jurisdictions have made such orders, this decision of Justice
Thorburn was a first for Ontario.
History of the Case
The cinematic backdrop to this judicial action was a dispute
between filmmakers: in 2017, Tommy Wiseau, creator of the
cult-classic film
The Room, and his company, Wiseau Studio
LLC, (together,
Wiseau ) commenced an
action against the documentarians behind a film about
The
Room and its cult following. Richard Harper, Fernando Forero
McGrath, and Martin Racicot, doing business as Room Full of Spoons