Disney is being sued over Moana and Moana 2, with an animator claiming the films copied plot points from one of their ...

Disney's Moana depicts wayfinding — the process of orienting and traveling from place to place — as a main plot point in helping the Polynesian voyagers navigate across the ocean. These explorers ...

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

More so than sea monsters and killer coconuts: a lawsuit right in the midst of award season. On Friday, animator Buck Woodall ...

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).

Still, leaning into humor and its arguably higher stakes, it delivers a firm follow-up to 2016’s Moana, a smash that grossed $643.3 million at the global box office and was nominated for a Best ...