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Elisha Cuthbert (nsfw) is portraying a professional adult entertainment actress in the upcoming movie "The Girl Next Door" (NSFW) set to be released via 20th Century Fox on March 12. The legal twist is that porn journalist / adult screenwriter Gene Ross, of AdultFYI.com, claims that 20th Century Fox "ripped off" the idea from a script he wrote ... an actual porn movie with the exact same title:

Video Team's "The Girl Next Door" (NSFW) starred Lexus Locklear and was directed by Mitch Spinelli in 1994. It was penned by Ross himself. The plots are nearly identical, he says, and Cuthbert even shares a resemblence with Locklear ... "It's the same title," Ross told me via email this afternoon. "It's about the same identical subject matter. They can argue coincidence, but it can also be argued that it's more than that. Mainstream has attacked porn in the courts for ripping off ideas. Maybe it's their turn to squirm."
[via The Porning Report: The Screenwriter Next Door To The Girl Next Door]

I haven't seen either so I'll have to take Ross' word for it.

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