Buck Woodall claims the awards contender stole ideas from a screenplay he wrote, while Disney says the works aren't similar.

Animator Buck Woodall claims Disney's hit animation copied ideas from his own work which "could not possibly have been ...

Disney has been sued for $10 billion by an animator named Buck Woodall, who claims film producer Jenny Marchick conspired ...

Disney has been hit with a copyright lawsuit alleging that the popular Moana franchise was lifted from a decades-old ...

Animator Buck Woodall accuses Disney of stealing ideas from his script for a Polynesian-inspired animated film titled "Bucky" ...

Animator Buck Woodall filed the suit in California on Friday (US time), seeking damages of at least US$10 billion ($17.9b) ...

Moana’s live-action version is directed by Thomas Kail.

a main character who encounters a demigod adorned with a giant hook and tattoos, and a giant creature that’s concealed within a mountain. “Disney’s Moana was produced in the wake of Woodall ...

Disney's animated canon includes all manner of characters. There are many ordinary everyday humans and animals that stand ...

The Walt Disney Company is facing a multibillion-dollar lawsuit after claims of plagiarism were mounted against its smash-hit animated movies Moana(2016) and Moana 2 (2024).

With just over a week until the Academy Awards nominations are announced, Disney has been sued for allegedly duplicating the idea for Moana and its sequel.In a lawsuit filed on Friday in ...