, “As a result of its bad faith and wrongful termination, Defendants deprived Ms. McCarthy significant employment, from which she would have earned millions of dollars over the [life] of the series.”
McCarthy claims that boarding “The Acolyte” prevented her from taking on a “lucrative executive producer” position on the Apple series “Sugar.” According to her agent David Morris, this deal would have made McCarthy the “highest paid producer at Apple.” McCarthy claims that when she requested to be paid for her work on “The Acolyte,” Lucasfilm “denied that they even had an agreement, even though they had made their offer containing all of the material deal points; McCarthy accepted that offer; Lucasfilm had McCarthy start right away; and Lucasfilm sent to McCarthy a memorandum of agreement, memorializing the terms including that McCarthy had already commenced working.