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

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 ...

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 ...

The lawsuit goes to great pains to lay out all the different tendrils of the Disney corporation. In doing so, Woodall’s ...

Buck Woodall’s suit alleges Disney stole many ... in 2004 - a copyright that was updated in 2014. “Disney’s Moana was produced in the wake of Woodall’s delivery to the defendants of ...

The Walt Disney Co. has been hit with a $10 billion copyright lawsuit by an animator who alleges "Moana" was plagiarized from ...

According to the lawsuit, Woodall claims he is entitled to "at least $10 billion" in damages and 2.5% of gross revenue earned by Disney from the "Moana 2" film and related merchandise, which he ...

Animator Buck Woodall has filed a $10 billion (281.7bn) lawsuit against Disney, claiming they lifted key elements from his ...

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 ...

An animator filed a lawsuit against Disney last week saying the company stole plot elements and designs from a screenplay he ...