‘Knight’s Tale’ settles suit

The class-action lawsuit that two irate moviegoers filed against Sony Pictures over the use of bogus critic quotes in ads for “A Knight’s Tale� is moving toward settlement, according to the trade paper Hollywood Reporter.

The settlement involves a $1.5-million fund set up by Sony to compensate individual movie ticket-buyers as much as $5, sources confirmed. Anything left over in the fund will go to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.

Omar Rezec and Ann Belknap filed their suit on behalf of moviegoers who paid to see films that bogus critic David Manning touted in ads. Two marketing executives were suspended for 30 days without pay during the summer of 2001 over the fabricated quotes.