( CNN ) -- Aaaand ... take 2 ! Not one to give up , director Quentin Tarantino has filed an amended lawsuit against the gossip website Gawker for linking to the leaked screenplay for his next movie , `` Hateful Eight . '' Last month , a federal judge dismissed his original suit , ruling that Tarantino had failed to prove that Gawker 's actions was direct copyright infringement . The judge , John F. Walter of the Central District of California , then gave Tarantino 's lawyers until Thursday to refile . And so , they did . And they 're seeking more than $ 1 million . Tarantino 's lawyers are arguing that Gawker encouraged a reader to 'leak ' a copy of the screenplay , downloaded it , and then made it available to the public by linking to it . `` Gawker has made a business of predatory journalism , violating people 's rights to make a buck , '' the amended lawsuit says . `` This time they went too far . '' How it all began . `` Hateful Eight '' is a Western that Tarantino said he was hoping to take on as his next project . It 's in the same genre as his 2012 hit `` Django Unchained , '' a movie that won him an Oscar for writing and a Golden Globe for best screenplay . He told the gossip site Deadline that he 'd given the script to only six people , including actors Michael Madsen , best known as the killer in Tarantino 's `` Reservoir Dogs ; '' and Tim Roth , for whom `` Reservoir Dogs '' was his breakthrough role . Somehow , the script leaked . It was posted through a site that lets users anonymously upload and download files . In January , Gawker linked to the website hosting the script . `` Here Is the Leaked Quentin Tarantino Hateful Eight Sript , '' the headline on the story read . Although Gawker did n't post the script to its own site , Tarantino 's lawyers charged the script would n't have been widely accessible if Gawker had n't linked to it . `` Rather than merely publishing a news story reporting that plaintiff 's screenplay may have been circulating within certain limited Hollywood circles without his permission , Gawker crossed the journalistic line , first by requesting that a reader 'leak ' an infringing copy directly to Gawker , then second , after obtaining a link to and itself directly downloading an infringing PDF copy , and then third , by promoting itself to the public as the first source to download and read the entire screenplay illegally and directing the public to do so . '' Tarantino sued . What happened next . Gawker responded saying Tarantino 's suit was without merit . It was n't guilty of actual copyright infringement . The judge agreed . On April 22 , he threw out the original suit , saying Tarantino 's lawyers had failed to prove `` direct infringement . '' Now , comes the amended suit . Tarantino 's lawyers are claiming both direct and contributory infringement . What 's happening now . The question before the judge now is this : Does a site that downloads copyrighted material violate the rights of an author ? Whether the `` Hateful Eight '' project is indeed scrapped is unclear . Last last month , Tarantino held a three-hour reading of the script and told audience members he was working on changes to it . He said making the film is still possible . For now , though , there 's the lawsuit to contend with . Lights , camera , ( legal ) action ! CNN 's Alan Duke , Gregory Wallace and Steve Almasy contributed to this report .
Last month , a federal judge dismissed his original suit . The suit seeks more than $ 1 million . `` This time they went too far , '' Tarantino says , of Gawker .