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 ...

An eight-member jury ruled unanimously Disney did not have ... Coming-of-age narratives involving heroic journeys are frequently used in animated films across many studios. He also cited other ...

With that question settled, the jury of six women and two men didn’t even have to consider the similarities between “Bucky” and Disney’s 2016 hit animated film about a questing Polynesian ...