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 ...

Animator Buck Woodall continues to pursue a copyright trial over the sequel to the 2016 hit, though the jury's decision in this case may indicate he faces an uphill battle.

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 ...

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

Moreover, Kaba said, Woodall doesn't have a monopoly on themes and mythological creatures, such as the volcano goddess Pele, from Hawaiian and Polynesian culture that he claims Musker and Clemens ...

A California jury found that Disney’s Moana did not steal its idea from animator Buck Woodall’s decades-old screenplay about a young Hawaiian surfer.. After deliberating for over two hours on ...

Animator Buck Woodall continues to pursue a copyright trial over the sequel to the 2016 hit, though the jury's decision in this case may indicate he faces an uphill battle.

Plaintiff Buck Woodall contended he'd passed his materials to a contact who worked on a Disney lot. Disney creators John Musker and Ron Clements say they never saw Woodall's materials. A separate ...

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 ...

The Brief. 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.

Musker and Disney attorneys declined comment outside the courtroom. “Moana” earned nearly $700 million in global box office. A judge previously ruled that Woodall’s 2020 lawsuit came too ...