Jake Seal
Jake Seal is a British film producer.
Personal life
Seal is married to Jodie Seal, who was Miss Universe Australia in 1996. They have three sons. Formerly a resident of London, Seal resides in Louisiana as of 2015.Legal disputes
In 2021, Jake Seal was named in a lawsuit filed by Myriad Pictures, the company behind earlier installments of the Jeepers Creepers franchise. The suit alleged that Seal, through his companies Orwo Studios and Orwo Film Distribution, co-produced and distributed Jeepers Creepers: Reborn without honoring Myriad's contractual rights to first negotiation and last refusal for future sequels. In 2024, a California court granted Myriad’s motion to compel Seal and affiliated entities to produce financial records, and imposed monetary sanctions for their failure to comply.In October 2022, ORWO Net GmbH filed a complaint under the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy against Jake Seal. ORWO Net, which holds trademark rights to "ORWO", alleged that the domains were registered and used in bad faith, infringing on their intellectual property.
In 2023, Jake Seal was involved in a legal dispute related to the unreleased science fiction film A Patriot, for which he served as executive producer. Actress Eva Green brought a lawsuit against the production companies White Lantern Films and SMC Specialty Finance, seeking a $1 million fee she claimed was contractually owed. The defendants filed a counterclaim alleging that Green had undermined the project and breached her contract. In April 2023, the High Court ruled in Green’s favor, dismissing the counterclaim and affirming that she was entitled to her fee.