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 ...

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 ...

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A jury on Monday quickly and completely rejected a man’s claim that Disney’s “Moana” was stolen from his story of a young surfer in Hawaii. The Los Angeles federal jury deliberated for ...

A jury on Monday quickly and completely rejected a man’s claim that Disney’s Moana was stolen from his story of a young surfer in Hawaii. The Los Angeles federal jury deliberated for around ...

During its 15th weekend in domestic theaters, Moana 2 earned $321,000. This brought its total domestic earnings to $459.92 million. The movie is now just $80,000 away from reaching $460 million in the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This image released by Disney shows the character Moana, voiced by Auli’i Cravalho, in a scene from ...

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LOS ANGELES — A jury on Monday quickly rejected a man’s claim that Disney’s “Moana” was stolen from his story of a young surfer in Hawaii. The Los Angeles federal jury deliberated for ...

Disney has been finally pronounced not guilty in the long-running legal battle over Moana. A copyright claim was made by screenwriter Buck Woodall in 2020 saying that Moana was based on one of his ...

This image released by Disney shows the character Moana, voiced by Auli'i Cravalho, in a scene from "Moana 2." (Disney via AP) (AP) — Was “Moana” based on a boy named Bucky? Lawyers for a ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury on Monday quickly and completely rejected a man’s claim that Disney’s “Moana” was stolen from his story of a young surfer in Hawaii. Specialty pizzas and array ...