Buck Woodall’s five-year battle with Disney over who really created Moana looks to have come to an end, with a Los Angeles jury on Monday finding for the House of Mouse in the animated franchise ...

A jury on Monday sided with Disney in a copyright trial involving “Moana,” clearing the company of an infringement suit brought by a screenwriter. The plaintiff, Buck Woodall, filed suit in 2020, ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A jury on Monday quickly and completely rejected a man’s claim that Disney’s “Moana” was stolen from his story of a young surfer in Hawaii. The Los Angeles federal jury deliberated ...

A Los Angeles jury has found that Disney didn't steal the idea for Moana from an animator's story about the adventures of a young surfer in Hawaii. After deliberating for just over two hours, the jury ...

Moana 2 has done gangbuster business for the Walt Disney Company, since its November 2024 release. Despite receiving mixed ...

Was “Moana” based on a boy named Bucky? Lawyers for a New Mexico writer and animator will say at closing arguments at his federal trial in Los Angeles on Monday that his work was stolen to create the ...

Animator Buck Woodall has filed a lawsuit against Disney, claiming the company copied his screenplay, "Bucky." The lawsuit alleges similarities between "Bucky" and Disney’s films "Moana" and "Moana 2.

A jury rejected Buck Woodall’s claim that Disney's "Moana" copied his story, "Bucky the Surfer Boy," ruling that Disney creators never had access to his work. Woodall’s lawyer argued that numerous ...