Disney wins $100m copyright trial against animator over Moana plagiarism claims Animator Buck Woodall claimed Disney copied elements of hit film from his decades-old screenplay ...

Jury Rules Disney Did Not Steal ‘Moana’ Idea From Animator’s Outline or Script A Los Angeles federal jury convened for only 2.5 hours before determining that the franchise creators never had ...

Disney Didn’t Steal Idea for ‘Moana,’ Jury Finds Animator Buck Woodall continues to pursue a copyright trial over the sequel to the 2016 hit, though the jury's decision in this case may ...

This image released by Disney shows the character Moana, voiced by Auli'i Cravalho, in a scene from "Moana 2." (Disney via AP) LOS ANGELES (CN) — Walt Disney Co. won the copyright infringement trial ...

Screenshot from Walt Disney's 2016 "Moana" animated movie. (YouTube via Courthouse News Service). LOS ANGELES (CN) — Trial began Tuesday over claims Walt Disney Co. stole the story of its 2016 ...

Moana, the cartoon heroine, is a balance of courage and compassion, determination and empathy and innate emotional intelligence, according to Shurer — a range of qualities that meshes with Smeed ...

Animator Buck Woodall is suing Disney for $10 billion after he said he shared film materials in 2003 while working on a development deal with the company.

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

Disney has been sued for $10 billion by an animator named Buck Woodall, who claims film producer Jenny Marchick conspired with Disney's film and television production companies to use his ideas ...

An animator has sued Disney for allegedly copying the idea for hit franchise Moana from his decades-old screenplay without his consent. Buck Woodall filed a suit in a California federal court on ...

Animator Buck Woodall claims former Mandeville Films development director Jenny Marchick passed his "substantially similar" screenplay to Disney years before "Moana" premiered.