A Los Angeles federal jury ruled on Monday that Disney did not steal the idea for its massive hit film “Moana” from animator Buck Woodall. The jury’s deliberation was decided in around two ...

Each doll measures 3.5 inches tall. Amazon says it has sold more than 5,000 units of this set in the last month. This “Moana” LEGO set is trending at Target as one of the store’s most ...

The Los Angeles federal jury deliberated for only about 2 ½ hours before deciding that the creators of “Moana” never had access to writer and animator Buck Woodall’s outlines and script for ...

By Winston Cho 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 ...

The release of Moana 2 allowed the animator to sue the production giant anew on the same basis in January, seeking at least $10bn in damages. Though the suit is still active, judge Consuelo B ...

Auli'i Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson both reprise their roles in Moana 2 as Moana and Maui, respectively. Temuera Morrison returns as Moana’s father and chief, Tui (Tui’s singing voice was ...

LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles federal jury Monday rejected a writer-animator’s claim that the Walt Disney Co. lifted portions of his draft for a Polynesian-themed surfer story and used it for the 2016 ...

A jury in Los Angeles found that an animator's claim that Disney stole the idea for Moana from him has no basis. Woodall previously alleged that Jenny Marchick — DreamWorks Animation's head of ...

concluding that the team behind Moana never had access to Bucky the Surfer Boy, a project developed by writer and animator Buck Woodall. Since the jury found no evidence that Disney’s filmmakers ...

This image released by Disney shows the character Moana, voiced by Auli'i Cravalho, in a scene from "Moana 2." (Disney via AP) LOS ANGELES (CN) — Walt Disney Co. won the copyright infringement trial ...