A lawsuit filed by Activision may keep Jack Black from starring in a version of the "Brutal Legend" game this year.

Activision sued game developer Double Fine Productions to stop the release of "Brutal Legend" by rival Electronic Arts. The outfit claims that Double Fine failed to deliver "Brutal Legend" on time and then offered the completed game to EA.

The game was supposed to hit the shops in October and it has Black as a heavy-metal roadie transported to a mythical ancient world to fight evil. Well we guess it is slightly different from the mysterious orphan who has his village burned.

Activision paid Double Fine about $15 million to develop "Brutal Legend," but the studio missed a key deadline last year. Double Fine told Activision that it needed another nine months and $7 million to complete the game. While the two companies tried to keep the game on track they could not make an agreement.

Quoting Beyonce Double Fine said that if Activision liked the game “they should have put a ring on it”. And that rests the case for the defence. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.