Animator Buck Woodall sued Disney in January and alleged that the company stole the idea for 'Moana' from a story he has been developing since the 2000s ...

A jury has determined that Moana creators knew nothing about a fellow Hawaii set & Polynesian demigods featuring idea & did ...

On March 10, 2025, a federal jury delivered a verdict in favor of Disney in a closely watched copyright infringement lawsuit.

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.

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. By Winston Cho A Los ...

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 ...

Buck Woodall wrote a script, whose various titles have included ... and a dozen years later was stunned when he saw so many of his ideas in “Moana.” Here are some of the many similarities his lawsuit ...

Screenshot from Walt Disney's 2016 "Moana" animated movie. (YouTube via Courthouse News Service). LOS ANGELES (CN) — A federal jury will decide whether animator Buck Woodall proved Walt Disney Co.

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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 ...

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 ...

Was “Moana” based on a boy named Bucky? Lawyers for a New Mexico writer and animator will say at closing arguments at his federal trial in Los Angeles on Monday that his work was stolen to ...