It’s not easy being Beyoncé. You create a near-surprise album—no, an entire movie tied to an album—and tease it with one measly seconds-long trailer. But then someone comes out of the woodwork with a lawsuit that says your trailer looks and sounds a lot like his short film. And so we’re now forced to watch independent filmmaker Matthew Fulks’s short film “Palinoia” to see if there’s any truth to this.
The Hollywood Reporter has the entire complaint, which features side-by-side comparisons of the shots in question, but you can watch both the trailer and the short film below.