‘The Shape Of Water’ plagiarism lawsuit dismissed in court
The Shape Of Water has been dismissed.The copyright lawsuit claimed del Toro’s Oscar-winning film stole from the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Paul Zindel whose play, Let Me Hear You Whisper also involved a plot based around a creature in a research facility.However, as reported in The Hollywood Reporter, US District Court Judge Percy Anderson, ruled “the basic premise of an employee at a scientific facility deciding to free a creature that is subjected to scientific experiments” is “too general to be protected”.A spokesperson for Searchlight Pictures added: “David Zindel, the son of Paul Zindel, author of Let Me Hear You Whisper, acknowledges, based on confidential information obtained during the litigation process, that his claims