NEW YORK — Robert De Niro and Al Pacino are teaming up again, but this time in court.
The two actors filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a movie distributor and a watch company, alleging the two companies used their likenesses without permission while promoting the film "Righteous Kill," according to Reuters.
The suit was filed in a Manhattan federal court against the movie's distributor, Overture Films, and the German watchmaker Tutima, Reuters says.
Among the promotions in question were a print ad that showed the actors faces and names above a photograph of a Tutima watch. A "Righteous Kill" video clip also appeared on Tutima's corporate Web site.
The lawsuit said that both stars have strict policies relating to commercial endorsements and tie-ins, which are "common knowledge in the entertainment industry."
De Niro only endorses a product or service "under very specific and compelling circumstances," while "Pacino, over the course of his lengthy career, has never commercially endorsed any product or service in the United States," the lawsuit said.
De Niro, 65, and Pacino, 68, are seeking unspecified damages in the case.
"Righteous Kill" was released last September.
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