Videogum is reporting that Christopher Nolan actually got the idea for Inception from an old Scrooge McDuck comic. Although the cartoon is very similar in basic premise to the movie, I doubt it had much influence on Nolan. I don’t think anyone ever argued that invading people’s dreams was an original concept. But this is a funny cartoon and a great addition to the Inception conversations. The original comic was published in 2004, and Nolan says he has been working on the script for a decade, so I think we’re safe in saying it wasn’t a rip-off, but who knows.
