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 ...

An animator is taking legal action against Disney, accusing the studio of ripping off his ideas in the Moana films. Following the release of Moana 2 at the end of last year, Buck Woodall filed a ...

Disney’s "Moana 2," the highly anticipated sequel to the 2016 animated hit, premiered exclusively in theaters on Nov. 27, and fans eager to watch the film at home will likely have to wait until ...

Moana herself is also renamed to Vaiana in Italy, and while Disney has never actually confirmed why, it was widely speculated ...

Additionally, the complaint levels claims that the defendants had received story elements for the original Moana from Woodall himself. “Disney’s Moana was produced in the wake of Woodall’s ...

A filmmaker is suing Disney over copyright infringement of the "Moana" franchise, claiming the films show several similarities to an idea he had worked on years ago. According to the lawsuit ...

Moana and its sequel are two of the most successful movies in the history of Walt Disney Studios, and now, the company has been hit with a lawsuit claiming that the ideas for both Moana and its ...

Disney is being sued over Moana and Moana 2, with an animator claiming the films copied plot points from one of their screenplays. Animator Buck Woodall filed a lawsuit in California federal court ...