Animator Buck Woodall continues to pursue a copyright trial over the sequel to the 2016 hit, though the jury's decision in ...

Moana 2's best moments will make you laugh and cry as they masterfully echo resonant themes, advance character arcs, and ...

A jury ruled in Disney's favor this week, citing that the megamedia giant did not steal a writer's idea for MOANA.

Buck Woodall wrote a script, whose various titles have included “Bucky the Surfer Boy," about a teenager vacationing in ...

Disney has been cleared of copyright infringement in a lawsuit over the animated film ‘Moana’. The case represents one of ...

A jury has determined that Moana creators knew nothing about a fellow Hawaii set & Polynesian demigods featuring idea & did ...

Woodall, who lives in Mexico, first sued Disney for at least $100m in damages in 2020, but a California court ruled in November that his filing had come too late and dismissed it. Woodall was still ...

Was “Moana” based on a boy named Bucky ... Both “involve a main character who encounters a demigod with a giant hook and tattoos.” Both “involve protagonists who learn about ancient ...

Buck Woodall’s five-year battle with Disney over who really created Moana looks to have come to ... a spokesperson for the Bob Iger-run media giant told Deadline after the verdict was read ...