Producers of the film Assault in Progress denounce intimidation

Producers of the film “Assault in Progress” denounce intimidation

Santo Domingo, RD.- The producers of Aldea Films, makers of the film Asalto en Progreso, which tells the story of the attack on the branch Banco del Progreso in 1993, Indicate that they have been instructed to use, sell, market, transfer, give away, disclose, advertise, premiere films, show films, trademarks and registered rights to assist them , to stop Michael Toribio Corniel.

Francisco Disla (El Indio), Anna Iris Gómez and Josell Hernández declare that Toribio Corniel, represented by his lawyer, Cirilo de Jesus Guzman, They were indicated by the bailiff's file no. 64 and 65 of March 4, 2023; Under threat of exercising the relevant legal options in the event of non-procurement.

Furthermore, they declare that they have been informed of the registration ONAPI Mixed Brand No. 232593, Script record no. 0007059 from ONDA, registration of ONDA script no. 000945, and the contract for the transfer of economic rights in which the journalist Huchy Lora He transferred the rights to his work Fuga o Muerte to Michael Toribio Corniel.

The producers had previously been made aware of the existence of registered rights owned by Michael Toribio Corniel by Sheriff's Act of December 15, 2022. They were also made aware of the rights asserted by the intimidator, the newspaper el Nuevo Diario, Palacio del Cine, Caribbean Cinemas And the General Directorate of Cinema (DGCINE).

Michael Toribio Corniel not only owns the rights to the work written and lived by Huchi Lora, he also owns the registration of ONAPI 252593, in which he even claimed the mask with its original colors with which the event that dismayed all Dominicans was carried out on March 1, 1993.