Animator Buck Woodall has filed a $10 billion lawsuit against Disney, claiming the company copied elements of his animated project Bucky for Moana and Moana 2.

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

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

Animator Buck Woodall has sued Disney, alleging the company copied elements of his screenplay for "Bucky" to create "Moana" and its sequel.

Animator Buck Woodall claims that film producer Jenny Marchick fed his original idea for a film titled 'Bucky' to Disney, ...

Disney is facing a copyright lawsuit alleging that the Moana franchise was heavily inspired by a decades-old screenplay without the writer's authorization.

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 ...

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

Disney has been sued by animator Buck Woodall, who claims the company copied elements from his animated film project, Bucky, to develop Moana and its sequel, Moana 2, The Hollywood Reporter said.

Buck Woodall is taking legal action against Disney, looking for $10 billion, or 2.5% of Moana's gross revenue, in compensation, as well as a court order barring further infringement of his copyrights.

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