A Spanish man says Warner Bros. copied substantial parts of his work to make the 2019 film “Joker.”

Miguel Angel Galvan Arias filed his complaint September 18 in federal court against Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Warner Bros. Pictures and WB Studio Enterprises Inc.

Arias seeks damages and injunctive relief under federal and state laws for the unauthorized use of his screenplay manuscript titled “Bolas De Papel,” which he published in 2017. He says the defendants unlawfully copied “substantial elements” from his original screenplay and misappropriated original ideas, plot elements, themes, character arcs and sequences.

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