The success of Moana 2cannot be understated. But with said success comes a hefty price tag attached to the lawsuit. According ...

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 ...

Animator Buck Woodall continues to pursue a copyright trial ... Angeles jury has found that Disney didn’t steal the idea for Moana from an animator’s story about the adventures of a young ...

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 ...

Jurors deliberated for only about 2 ½ hours before deciding that the creators of “Moana” never had access to writer and animator Buck Woodall’s outlines and script for “Bucky the Surfer ...

The jury’s decision revolved primarily around the finding that Disney never saw Woodall’s work, which meant they did not have to consider the alleged similarities between Bucky and Moana.

Moana' is inspired by the Polynesian people," Kaba said. "It's not Buck Woodall's story — it's Ron and John's story. It's their love letter to Polynesia." Sign up for new weekly newsletter Closing ...

Was “Moana” based on a boy named Bucky ... Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. Buck Woodall wrote a script, whose various titles have included “Bucky the Surfer ...

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 ...