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 ...

But Woodall claims that upon delivering his final script to Marchick in 2011, those materials were already in the hands of Disney for the creation of the first "Moana" film. Woodall, per the ...

Defense lawyers and witnesses — including the woman Woodall gave the script to — said no one at Disney saw his work, and that “Moana” was developed through the same cultural research and ...

The Los Angeles federal jury deliberated for around two and a half hours before deciding that the creators of Moana never had access to writer and animator Buck Woodall’s outlines and script for ...

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 ...

Though, with this decision falling the way it did it is likely the suit on the sequel will end the same way. The post Jury Rules Disney Did Not Steal ‘Moana’ Idea From Animator’s Outline or Script ...

Disney has been finally pronounced not guilty in the long-running legal battle over Moana. A copyright claim ... starrer film had no access to the script of Buck’s write up.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury on Monday quickly and completely rejected a man’s claim that Disney’s “Moana” was stolen ... Buck Woodall’s outlines and script for “Bucky the Surfer ...