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Entertainment & Sports

Jun. 23, 2017

Lawsuit claims Disney lifted elements for “Inside Out”

The plaintiff claims to have approached Disney with a similar story years before the film’s release.

Emotions may end up running hot in a lawsuit filed by a child development expert over the Disney-Pixar movie “Inside Out.”

Denise Daniels claimed in a complaint filed in the Central District of California on Monday that the company lifted many elements featured in the film from her own script.

The film, which was a critical and financial success, featured as its primary characters the anthropomorph...

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