His novel The Ultimate Rush, published in 1998, concerns a rollerblading messenger caught in an illegal insider trading ring.
In 2011, a lawsuit was filed against Sony Pictures by author Joe Quirk claiming copyright infringement, asserting that the 2012 feature film Premium Rush was in fact based on Quirk's screenplay from his 1998 novel The Ultimate Rush.
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In 2011, a lawsuit claiming copyright infringement was filed in the Northern District of California by author Joe Quirk, claiming Premium Rush was based on his 1998 novel The Ultimate Rush.