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

Disney wins $100m copyright trial against animator over Moana plagiarism claims - Animator Buck Woodall claimed Disney copied elements of hit film from his decades-old screenplay ...

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

Woodall previously alleged that Jenny Marchick — DreamWorks Animation's head of development for feature films who previously worked in relation with Disney at Mandeville Films on Disney's ...

After a five-year legal battle, Disney has emerged victorious in a copyright trial concerning the origins of its hit animated film 'Moana.'According to Deadline, a Los Angeles jury, on Monday ruled in ...

That woman, Jenny Marchick, worked for Mandeville Films, a company that had a contract with Disney and was located on the Disney lot. He sent her follow-up materials through the years. He ...

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.

A federal jury sided with Disney, swiftly rejecting a copyright lawsuit in which a writer accused the company of stealing his ideas for the animated hit Moana.

enny Marchick ’99 has always loved movies. But pursuing a career in the exclusive and enigmatic film industry didn’t occur to her until fate intervened in the form of economic calamity. By the end of ...

To that, beginning in 2004 Woodall says he handed Jenny Marchick his copyright-protected Bucky the Surfer Boy trailer storyboards, “intellectual property and trade secrets” (including a 2011 ...