Disney is being accused of plagiarizing the ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ poster design

Unless you’re living under a rock, you’ve probably seen the Solo: A Star Wars Story movie posters. And now one French artist claims Disney plagiarized his work. Hachim Bahous designed a series of album covers for Sony Music France and he says this became the template that Disney followed to create the posters for Solo. He posted the two designs side by side on his Facebook saying (originally in French): “I am flattered that the quality of my work is recognized, but it is still pure and simple forgery, I have not be asked for my permission, I wish to be credited and paid for this work I have done for Sony!”

The movies posters, according to IMP Awards, have been designed by BMT Communications and you can definitely see the similarities in things like the stylized typography, similar color schemes, and featuring images inside the lettering. We aren’t certain who specifically made the posters and we haven’t really gotten any word from the creators or Disney about the stylistic influences or inspiration for the posters. There is no comment yet from the company about the allegations.

Source: io9