With the worldwide box office for its animated Polynesian fantasy adventure Moana 2 having sailed north of $1 billion, the ...

Animator Buck Woodall has filed a lawsuit against Disney, alleging that ‘Moana’ ripped off his original screenplay ‘Bucky’ with similar plot elements and characters. Despite an earlier ...

How far will animator Buck Woodall go to prove that Disney stole his idea for Moana and Moana 2? At least as far as court. Reviving allegations that Disney stole the idea for Moana from Woodall ...

Disney has been sued by animator Buck Woodall, who claims the company copied elements from his animated film project, Bucky, to develop Moana and its sequel, Moana 2, The Hollywood Reporter said.

Buck Woodall is taking legal action against Disney, looking for $10 billion, or 2.5% of Moana's gross revenue, in compensation, as well as a court order barring further infringement of his copyrights.

Moana 2, expected to receive an Academy Award nomination for best animated feature, sees the Polynesian teenager reunite with Maui for another ocean adventure after she receives an unexpected call ...

Buck Woodall filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against The Walt Disney Company in California federal court on Friday. He has accused them of stealing ...

Animator Buck Woodall has sued Disney, alleging the company copied elements of his screenplay for "Bucky" to create "Moana" ...

Buck Woodall, a writer, producer and artist, filed a lawsuit on Friday, Jan. 10, claiming The Walt Disney Company, an independent film company called Mandeville Films and Jenny Marchick, who was named ...

Buck Woodall claims the awards contender stole ideas from a screenplay he wrote, while Disney says the works aren't similar. By Winston Cho With a little more than a week left before Academy ...

Animator Buck Woodall sues Disney, alleging they copied elements from his screenplay for Moana and its sequel. Woodall's lawsuit highlights similarities in plot and characters, despite Disney's ...