Disney is being sued over the Moana franchise. On Friday, Jan. 10, animator Buck Woodall filed a lawsuit against the Walt Disney Company, its various film, television and animation departments and ...

A filmmaker is suing Disney over copyright infringement of the "Moana" franchise, claiming the films show several similarities to an idea he had worked on years ago. According to the lawsuit, Woodall ...

An animator is suing Disney for allegedly stealing the idea for the House of Mouse’s Moana films, which he claims have almost entirely been lifted from his screenplay without his consent. Buck Woodall ...

LOS ANGELES -- An animator is suing the Walt Disney Company for $10 billion claiming the company stole the idea for “Moana” and the movie’s sequel, which was released in 2024. Animator Buck Woodall ...

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 ...

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 ...