The producers of "The Lost King" have agreed to pay damages to an academic who sued for libel over his portrayal in the film.

Steve Coogan’s film about the discovery of Richard III’s body was deemed to have defamed the university ... The lost remains of the Plantagenet king were found in a Leicester car park in 2012, more ...

Coogan says Richard III film was ‘the story I wanted to tell’ after libel claim - Steve Coogan and two production companies have agreed to pay ‘substantial damages’ to a university academic who sued ...

A university academic has been awarded substantial damages after a court ruled the portrayal of him in a Steve Coogan film about the discovery of a Richard III's remains did have a defamatory meaning.

Steve Coogan, his production company Baby Cow and Pathé Productions have settled a libel claim over their 2022 film "The Lost King." ...