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 2020, ...

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 ...

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. The jury's deliberation was decided in around two-and-a ...

Buck Woodall, a screenwriter based in New Mexico, had filed the lawsuit in 2020, alleging Moana was based on his work, Bucky the Wave Warrior.

Animator Buck Woodall filed a lawsuit Jan. 10 against the Walt Disney Company including its film, television and animation departments and Jenny Marchick, DreamWorks Animation ’s head of ...

Buck Woodall wrote a script, whose various titles have included “Bucky the Surfer Boy," about a teenager vacationing in Hawaii with his parents who befriends a group of Native Hawaiian youth and ...

A jury rejected Buck Woodall’s claim that Disney's "Moana" copied his story, "Bucky the Surfer Boy," ruling that Disney creators never had access to his work.Woodall’s lawyer argued that ...

Woodall’s original lawsuit, filed back in 2020, was deemed too late to earn a percentage of the $700 million “Moana” earned during its original box-office run.

Buck Woodall wrote a script, whose various titles have included “Bucky the Surfer Boy," about a teenager vacationing in Hawaii with his parents who befriends a group of Native Hawaiian youth and ...

Buck Woodall wrote a script, whose various titles have included “Bucky the Surfer Boy," about a teenager vacationing in Hawaii with his parents who befriends a group of Native Hawaiian youth and ...

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 ...

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.