Beyoncé Sued By Filmmaker Over "Lemonade" Trailer

A filmmaker is sour about Beyoncé's latest album — claiming in a lawsuit that he was sipping the lemonade first.

Matthew Fulks is seeking unspecified profits from Bey's provocative album, alleging the trailer for "Lemonade" ripped off several elements from his short film "Palinoia."

In a suit filed Wednesday in a New York federal court and obtained by the Daily News, Fultz says the singer's 60-second trailer stole nine visual similarities from his 2014 work.

Among the alleged similar scenes are shots of a dimly lit parking lot, graffiti-covered walls, "red person with eyes obscured" and "overgrown" grass.

The filmmaker, who is also a creative director at a Louisville, Ky., news station, theorizes his material was stolen last year.

Fulks sent his production to Columbia Records for a chance to direct a video for music group MS MR. From there, he claims "Palinoia" made its way to Bryan Younce, who has worked with the pop star on several videos.

Younce allegedly emailed Fulks in 2015, asking for his personal information and later with an invitation to send a work for consideration.

The visual album began production five months later.

The "Single Ladies" star's hour-long film for her sixth album dropped April 23 on HBO.

The legal action is the latest drama to swarm "Lemonade" since loyal followers started a vicious witch-hunt to discover the identity of "Becky with the good hair."

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