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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Even more specifically, Woodall says he provided Jenny Marchick, former Mandeville Films director of development (and current DreamWorks Animation head of development) with the screenplay and ...

He claims he provided the screenplay and trailer of his movie to former Mandeville Films director of development Jenny Marchick who is now DreamWorks Animation's head of development for features.

Animator Buck Woodall claims that film producer Jenny Marchick fed his original idea for a film titled 'Bucky' to Disney, which ultimately produced 'Moana' in 2016 Disney Disney is being sued ...

Buck Woodall claimed in his lawsuit that Disney's Moana franchise exhibits “breathtaking” similarities to his script for Bucky the Wave Warrior An animator has sued Disney for a staggering $10 ...

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 ...

The suit alleges a “fraudulent enterprise that encompassed the theft, misappropriation and extensive exploitation of Woodall’s copyrighted materials” on part of former Mandeville Films ...

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.