Pierrot the Clownfish

Pierrot the Clownfish is a French children's book by author Franck Le Calvez. A sequel from the same author, Pierrot the Clownfish: The Black Cloud, was published in 2009.[1]

Pierrot the Clownfish
Cover of the book
AuthorFranck Le Calvez
Original titlePierrot le poisson clown
IllustratorRobin Delpuech
Thierry Jagodzinski
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
GenreChildren's literature
PublisherÉditions Flaven Scène
Publication date
November 2002
ISBN2-9519138-1-8
Followed byPierrot the Clownfish: The Black Cloud 

Disney lawsuit

In 2003, Le Calvez filed suit against Pixar and its distribution company Walt Disney Pictures, claiming that the story and the characters from this book were plagiarized in the film Finding Nemo. The author and his lawyer, Pascal Kamina, demanded from Disney a share of the profits from merchandising articles sold in France. Le Calvez and Kamina lost the lawsuit on 12 March 2004 and intended to file an appeal on 5 October 2004;[2] however, to date there has been no further action taken against Pixar on the matter. On 15 April 2021, The Film Theorists made a YouTube video believing that it was actually Le Calvez who had copied Disney. The book had been published roughly one year before the film's release, but as pointed out in the video, advertising for the film was already present by then and production on animated movies takes years, making it highly unlikely that Disney or Pixar had taken anything from Le Calvez.[3]

References
  1. "Pierrot, le poisson clown ; le nuage noir". Chapitre.com (in French). Archived from the original on 7 March 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  2. Lagorce, Aude (3 December 2004). "French Court Denies Disney Ban". Forbes. Archived from the original on 27 November 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  3. "Film Theory: Did Disney STEAL Finding Nemo?". YouTube. 15 April 2021. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
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