A settlement has been reached between Julie Taymor, the former director of the Broadway musical “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,†and its producers, a federal district court judge announced on Thursday.
Ms. Taymor, the Tony Award-winning director of “The Lion King,†was fired from the $75-million “Spider-Man†production in March 2011 amid disputes over changes to the show's script and staging. In November, Ms. Taymor filed a breach of contract suit against the musical's lead producers, Michael Cohl and Jeremiah J. Harris, saying that they were continuing to profit from her creative contributions to the show without compensating her. Mr. Cohl and Mr. Harris filed a countersuit in January saying that she violated the terms of her contract and “could not and would not do the jobs†she was hired to do, and thus was not entitled to further royalties.
A notice from Judge Katherine B. Forrest of the Southern Di strict of New York said that Ms. Taymor had reached an agreement with Mr. Cohl and Mr. Harris as well as with Glen Berger, a “Spider-Man†book writer who was named as a defendant in her suit.
Terms of the settlement were not disclosed and representatives for Ms. Taymor declined to comment further on Thursday. A press representative for “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark†did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
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