Disney settles lawsuit over ‘Frozen’ trailer

A copyright suit between Walt Disney and a California resident has been settled, according to a June 24 court filing.

Kelly Wilson of Mill Valley sued Disney in March 2014, claiming that a trailer for the animated movie Frozen infringes his computer-animated film The Snowman.

He said the Frozen snowman character Olaf, as shown in the trailer, too strongly resembled the snowman in his film, and that the plot, themes, dialogue, setting, pace, and characters in the Disney trailer were “substantially similar” to his film.