Disney's Pixar is being sued by a San Francisco artist for allegedly stealing her designs for a unicorn-emblazoned van in the upcoming animated movie 'Onward'
A San Francisco artist is suing Disney’s Pixar for allegedly not only stealing her artwork for the studio’s upcoming animated film „Onward“ but also for doing so under „wickedly misleading pretenses.“
Pixar rented Sweet Cicely Daniher’s van emblazoned with a unicorn for a company event in September 2018 as a visual prop, only for Daniher to watch the film’s trailer months later and spot an animated van that she says is identical to hers. In the filed complaint, Daniher said the film’s producer Kori Rae called her in mid-2019 to apologize.
Daniher also said in the complaint that Rae admitted the studio intentionally didn’t inform her that her van was to be used as inspiration for „Onward“ because they couldn’t have her sign a non-disclosure agreement since there was no working movie title at the time.
But the van is also central to a lawsuit against the animation studio after a San Francisco artist Sweet Cicely Daniher accused Pixar of ripping the unicorn design from artwork she painted onto her 1972 Chevrolet G10 van, „Vanicorn.“ Daniher, unicorn fanatic and tattoo artist, is suing the animation studio for copyright infringement, as
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