The Walt Disney Co., et al., screenwriter and animator Buck Woodall claimed that Disney's 2016 blockbuster animated film "Moana" infringed on his 2011 screenplay "Bucky the Wave Warrior" (“Bucky ...

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.

The Los Angeles federal jury 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 ...

A California jury has ruled that Disney’s ‘Moana’ did not steal ideas from animator Buck Woodall’s screenplay ‘Bucky’, which he claimed to have shared with an executive in the early 2000s.

The Los Angeles federal jury 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 ...

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.

concluding that the team behind Moana never had access to Bucky the Surfer Boy, a project developed by writer and animator Buck Woodall. Since the jury found no evidence that Disney’s filmmakers ...

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concluding that the primary creators of 'Moana', John Musker and Ron Clements, had no knowledge of Buck Woodall's earlier work 'Bucky the Surfer Boy' while developing the 2016 film. The case ...

A Los Angeles jury decided on March 10, 2025, that Disney did not steal the idea for its 2016 animated movie Moana. The decision came after a two-week trial where Buck Woodall, a writer and ...