Animator Buck Woodall claims former Mandeville Films development director Jenny Marchick passed his "substantially similar" screenplay to Disney years before "Moana" premiered. Disney has been hit ...

The animator alleges he brought the idea for his screenplay Bucky to Marchick and then-employer Mandeville Films in 2003. He further claims that at the time, Mandeville had a first look deal with ...

Mandeville Films had a first-look deal with Disney, as well as offices on the Burbank, Calif., Disney lot at the time of Marchick's dealings with Woodall. Want more movie news? Sign up for ...