Home video distributor Image Entertainment on Monday accused Relativity Media, a leading independent film production company, of reneging on a 2006 agreement to provide Image with dozens of films for the DVD market, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Relativity has not provided Chatsworth-based Image with a single title for home distribution, even though the agreement called for the production company to provide three films in 2007 and as many as 20 a year in 2008 and beyond, according to a complaint filed Monday by Image in Los Angeles County Superior Court.

Attorney Martin D. Singer, who represents West Hollywood-based Relativity, called the case “ridiculous and without merit,” saying the companies resolved the issue in 2007 in a binding settlement.

“Even prior to the settlement, our initial agreement with Image did not obligate us to give them the films they are claiming,” Singer said.

“We did have a dispute about a year ago where they falsely claimed they felt we had an obligation to deliver certain films, which was quickly resolved.”

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