Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac film is subject of dispute.

Producers of a comedy starring late entertainer Bernie Mac with Samuel L. Jackson deny that the film is based on a soul singer’s life. Sam Moore, of the Sam and Dave R&B duo, has threatened legal action if he’s not compensated by the creators of Soul Men, according to the New York Daily News. “In the movie, they have a reunion concert,” Moore, 72, tells the paper. “Dave and I had a reunion in 1982 after not talking with each other for years.” Moore admits that he hasn’t seen Soul Men, but says he was even offered $1,000 to make a cameo appearance, which he turned down. Producer David Friendly counters: “Everything in the movie is completely made up. The characters are back-up singers, unlike Sam and Dave, who were headliners…Just because they sing one Sam and Dave song doesn’t make it a movie about them.” Soul Men hits theaters on Oct. 24.