Lawsuit Filed Against Disney For Copying Zootopia

Walt Disney Pictures is facing a lawsuit by screenwriter and producer alleging that the film production company has copied his idea for making the Oscar-winning animated film 'Zootopia'. In his complaint, the screen writer and producer said that he pitched his idea twice to Disney but they refused. And then he saw the animated film 'Zootopia' with his ideas without his credit.

The complaint read, "They did it with Zootopia, too, when they copied Gary L. Goldman’s Zootopia. Twice — in 2000 and 2009 — Goldman, on behalf of Esplanade, pitched Defendants his Zootopia franchise, which included a live-action component called Looney and an animated component called Zootopia. He provided a treatment, a synopsis, character descriptions, character illustrations and other materials. He even provided a title for the franchise: 'Zootopia.' Instead of lawfully acquiring Goldman’s work, Defendants said they were not interested in producing it and sent him on his way. Thereafter, consistent with their culture of unauthorized copying, Defendants copied Goldman’s work. They copied Goldman’s themes, settings, plot, characters, and dialogue — some virtually verbatim".

However, Disnbey refused their claims. It said, "Mr. Goldman's lawsuit is riddled with patently false allegations. It is an unprincipled attempt to lay claim to a successful film he didn't create, and we will vigorously defend against it in court".

On a related note, the film won the best animated feature at last month's Academy Awards.

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Source: lumiere-a.akamaihd.net