Animator Buck Woodall claims Disney's hit animation copied ideas from his own work which "could not possibly have been ...

Buck Woodall claims the awards contender stole ideas from a screenplay he wrote, while Disney says the works aren't similar.

The Walt Disney Company is facing a multibillion-dollar lawsuit after claims of plagiarism were mounted against its smash-hit animated movies Moana(2016) and Moana 2 (2024).

Animator Buck Woodall filed the suit in California on Friday (US time), seeking damages of at least US$10 billion ($17.9b) ...

On Friday, animator Buck Woodall sought legal action against Disney, accusing the company of copying components of an ...

There’s troubled waters ahead for Moana 2. More so than sea monsters and killer coconuts: a lawsuit right in the midst of ...

It also concluded that an individual at Disney Animation TV may have seen copyrighted materials for “Bucky” prior to the beginning of development for Moana, which was released in 2016.

The plaintiff attempted to sue Disney when the original Moana came out in 2016, but was deemed too late ... demigod with a signature hook. Many more plot point similarities also exist between ...