The lawsuit claimed Moana copied the screenplay of Woodall's "Bucky the Surfer Boy," which revolves around a boy who goes on ...

The jury deliberated for only about 2 ½ hours before deciding that the creators of “Moana” never had access to Buck Woodall’s ...

A Los Angeles federal jury ruled on Monday that Disney did not steal the idea for its massive hit film “Moana” from animator ...

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

Most of Buck Woodall's claims were time-barred, and for the one that made it to trial, he can seek no more than $10 million.

Loosely based on Simon Stålenhag’s 2018 illustrated novel, the Russo brothers’ sci-fi adventure film stars Millie Bobby Brown ( Stranger Things) as Michelle, an orphaned teenager living in a ...

“Moana” earned nearly $700 million in global ... Around 2004, Woodall gave the “Bucky” outline to the stepsister of his brother’s wife. That woman, Jenny Marchick, worked for Mandeville ...

"Moana" earned nearly $700 million in global ... Woodall gave the "Bucky" outline to the stepsister of his brother's wife. That woman, Jenny Marchick, worked for Mandeville Films, a company ...