The Los Angeles federal jury deliberated for only about 2 ½ hours before deciding that the creators of “Moana” never had ...

Animator Buck Woodall sued Disney in January and alleged that the company stole the idea for 'Moana' from a story he has been ...

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

A jury sided with Disney, rejecting claims that "Moana" was based on Buck Woodall’s story. Here's what we know.

Buck Woodall’s five-year legal battle alleging copyright infringement against Disney’s Moana has come to an end—for now.

A jury has determined that Moana creators knew nothing about a fellow Hawaii set & Polynesian demigods featuring idea & did ...

Woodall, who lives in Mexico, first sued Disney for at least $100m in damages in 2020, but a California court ruled in November that his filing had come too late and dismissed it. Woodall was still ...

On Monday, a jury decided that MOANA was not copied from writer and animator Buck Woodall’s script for “Bucky the Surfer Boy.

Screenwriter Buck Woodall had in 2020 filed a copyright infringement suit against Disney, claiming that 2016 film Moana was ...

A federal court in California has ruled in favor of Disney in a long-running copyright case over its hit animated film Moana.

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

The two properties “involve a main character who encounters a demigod with a giant hook and tattoos”, the lawsuit claims. In ...