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6 d Share with: Guillermo del Toro has successfully brushed off a copyright lawsuit accusing him of stealing the idea for his Oscar-winning sci-fi romance The Shape of Water. In 2018, U.S. District Court Judge Percy Anderson dismissed legal action brought by representatives overseeing the estate of the playwright Paul Zindel, who accused the director of lifting plot elements from the late dramatist's 1969 play, Let Me Hear You Whisper. The case was reinstated by appeals court officials last summer, and a trial was due to begin in July, but on Friday, representatives for del Toro and studio ...

Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘The Shape of Water’ Plagiarism Suit Dismissed Son of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paul Zindel acknowledged after reviewing confidential material that the claims were “unfounded”Brian Welk | April 5, 2021 @ 9:40 AM Fox Searchlight A lawsuit accusing Guillermo del Toro of plagiarizing the story to his Best Picture winner “The Shape of Water” from a drama by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paul Zindel has been dismissed. The suit was originally filed in 2018 and accused del Toro, Fox Searchlight and others that “The Shape of Water” infringed on...

Guillermo del Toro Overcomes Claim 'The Shape of Water' Was Plagiarized Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox A copyright suit alleging the Oscar winner ripped off a Pulitzer Prize winning author was revived last year by an appeals court. Now comes a dismissal and a statement how claims of plagiarism were "unfounded." The producers of The Shape of Water will no longer have to contend with a copyright lawsuit that claims that Oscar-winning Guillermo del Toro film infringed the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Paul Zindel. On Friday, Disney's Fox units, Guillermo del Toro and other defendan...

The Shape Of Water Plagiarism Lawsuit Dismissed Guillermo del Toro is recognized as the "true creator" of the film. A previously brewing lawsuit against The Shape of Water for that film having allegedly plagiarized the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Paul Zindel has been dismissed, according to The Hollywood Reporter. On Friday, Disney's Fox units, Guillermo del Toro, and other defendants filed court papers indicating that the parties involved in the litigation had reached an agreement to dismiss the case. "David Zindel, the son of Paul Zindel, author of Let Me Hear You Whisper, acknowl...