Shaun Gray, a cousin of 'Maverick' screenwriter Eric Warren Singer, seeks a "screenplay by" credit and a share of profits from the blockbuster sequel.

As regulatory approval of Paramount’s sale to Skydance looms, the still Shari Redstone-owned studio now finds itself in a family dogfight over who wrote what on blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick. Filed last night in federal court in New York,

Maverick" screenwriter Eric Singer, sued Paramount Global on Sunday, saying the studio manipulated and exploited him out of credit and compensation for portions of the script he claims to have written.

In a rare on-air rebuke April 27, longtime correspondent for the CBS newsmagazine Scott Pelley said the broadcaster's parent company Paramount had become heavy-handed in its oversight.

At the end of Sunday's program, Scott Pelley noted the executive producer's exit and cited corporate pressure.