A film worker is suing Disney for $10 billion, claiming the "Moana" franchise shares "breathtaking" similarities to work he ...

Woodall seeks 2.5% of Moana 2’s gross revenue, or roughly $10 billion, and a court order to prevent further infringement.

University of Auckland senior law lecturer Nikki Chamberlain said there were likely multiple explanations for the recent ...

In a lawsuit reviewed by Entertainment Weekly that was filed Friday, animator Buck Woodall claims that former Mandeville Films development director Jenny Marchick violated his copyright by secretly ...

Buck Woodall, a writer, producer and artist, filed a lawsuit on Friday, Jan. 10, claiming The Walt Disney Company, an independent film company called Mandeville Films and Jenny Marchick, who was named ...

Per the lawsuit, around 2003, Woodall began sharing his ideas for "Bucky" with Jenny Marchick, who at the time was the director of development at Mandeville Films, an independent film production ...

He claims Disney used his screenplay, trailer, character designs, and other materials he shared with a former Mandeville Films executive in 2003. At the time, Mandeville Films worked closely with ...

In a lawsuit filed in California federal court on Friday, Woodall alleges that Disney used materials he shared in 2003 with Mandeville Films, which had a first-look deal with Disney at the time.

former Mandeville Films director of development, in 2003. Mandeville had a first look deal with Disney, the lawsuit says, and claims Ms Marchick, who is now DreamWorks Animation's head of ...