Bryce Dallas Howard has leapt to her feet, laughing wildly. “Whenever I’m on set, I’m just obsessed with danger.” She throws ...

On March 10, 2025, a federal jury delivered a verdict in favor of Disney in a closely watched copyright infringement lawsuit. In Buck G. Woodall v. The Walt Disney Co., et al., screenwriter and ...

The Los Angeles federal jury deliberated for only about 2 ½ hours before deciding that the creators of Moana never had access to writer and animator Buck ... use of Woodall's work for Disney.

LOS ANGELES — A jury on Monday quickly and completely rejected a man’s claim that Disney’s “Moana ... had access to writer and animator Buck Woodall’s outlines and script for ...

a project developed by writer and animator Buck Woodall. Since the jury found no evidence that Disney’s filmmakers had seen Woodall’s work, they did not need to analyze whether the two ...

A jury on Monday quickly and completely rejected a man's claim that Disney's “Moana” was stolen from his ... creators of “Moana” never had access to writer and animator Buck Woodall's outlines and ...

A jury on Monday quickly and completely rejected a man’s claim that Disney’s Moana was stolen ... infringement suit brought by screenwriter Buck Woodall. Woodall filed suit in 2020 alleging ...

A Los Angeles jury decided on March 10, 2025, that Disney did not steal the idea for its 2016 animated movie Moana. The decision came after a two-week trial where Buck Woodall, a writer and ...

A California jury found that Disney’s Moana did not steal its idea from animator Buck Woodall’s decades-old screenplay about a young Hawaiian surfer. After deliberating for over two hours on ...

“We are obviously disappointed. We are going to review our options and think about the best path forward,” Woodall’s attorney Gustavo Lage said. A Disney spokesperson said they were ...

Buck Woodall’s five-year battle with Disney over who really created Moana looks to have come to an end, with a Los Angeles jury on Monday finding for the House of Mouse in the animated franchise ...