Reuters reports that in addition to Take-Two, Gary Friedrich and his company filed suit on April 4 in an Illinois federal court against Sony’s Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, Marvel Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment, producers Relativity Media, Crystal Sky Pictures and Michael De Luca Prods. and Hasbro.

Take-Two released the abysmally-reviewed Ghost Rider videogame in February this year after the company's 2K Games label acquired the rights to the game from Majesco last year. The game is based on the motion picture starring Nicholas Cage and Eva Mendes.

Friedrich’s complaint cited 21 violations in total. He said that the Ghost Rider copyrights were reverted back to him in 2001.

The suit claims that the defendants “…Wrongfully embarked upon a high-profile campaign, arrangement, joint venture and conspiracy to exploit, profit from and utilize plaintiff's copyrights, the Johnny Blaze character and persona, the origin story and the related characters and personas created by plaintiff, in various endeavors, including, but not limited to, the use of the same in movie theater presentations and promotions, commercials, action-figure toys, videogames, clothing and novels.”

Take-Two wasn’t available for comment as of press time, although normally game companies opt not to comment on such legal matters.