Issa Rae’s latest film success may have come with box office wins, but now it’s facing serious legal heat.

According to AllHipHop, on July 30th, Los Angeles writers Joshua Isaacson, Shon Oku, and Tyrone Perry filed a lawsuit claiming Rae’s movie “One of Them Days” is a direct rip-off of their 2020 screenplay “One of Those Days.”

According to the trio, they registered their script with the U.S. Copyright Office, then shopped it around in hopes of getting it produced. They say the script was first shown to producer Danny Hamouie in late 2023, then handed off to Roman Arabia and Xavier Charles of Green Eggs Go H.A.M. in April 2024. That’s when things allegedly got suspicious.

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