Shape of Water accused of copying play

By Sam Blewett
Updated February 22 2018 - 5:33pm, first published 5:18pm
Guillermo del Toro, director of The Shape of Water, has been accused of violating copyright.
Guillermo del Toro, director of The Shape of Water, has been accused of violating copyright.

A Pulitzer-winning playwright's family is suing director Guillermo Del Toro and Fox Searchlight in a copyright suit, alleging The Shape Of Water "brazenly" copied his story.

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