Animation screenwriter Buck Woodall has recently been involved in an ongoing controversy. A legal clash centers on allegations around Disney’s blockbuster follow-up movie, Moana 2. The animator ...

Woodall seeks 2.5% of Moana 2’s gross revenue, or roughly $10 billion, and a court order to prevent further infringement.

A film worker is suing Disney for $10 billion, claiming the "Moana" franchise shares "breathtaking" similarities to work he ...

With the worldwide box office for its animated Polynesian fantasy adventure Moana 2 having sailed north of $1 billion, the ...

Disney has been sued for allegedly copying the idea for Moana and its sequel. Animator Buck Woodall, in a lawsuit filed on Friday in California federal court, claims Disney ripped off elements of ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Animator Buck Woodall is suing Disney for ... Disney said that no one involved in the creation of “Moana” saw Woodall’s materials.

Animator Buck Woodall has filed a lawsuit against Disney, alleging that ‘Moana’ ripped off his original screenplay ‘Bucky’ with similar plot elements and characters. Despite an earlier ...

An animator has sued Disney for allegedly copying the idea for hit franchise Moana from his decades-old screenplay without his consent. Buck Woodall filed a suit in a California federal court on ...

According to the lawsuit, Woodall claims he is entitled to "at least $10 billion" in damages and 2.5% of gross revenue earned by Disney from the "Moana 2" film and related merchandise, which he ...

With a little more than a week left before Academy Awards nominations are set to be announced, Disney has been sued for allegedly copying the idea for Moana and its sequel. Animator Buck Woodall ...