Both movies were box office hits ... who at the time was the director of development at Mandeville Films, an independent film production studio in California. Marchick allegedly told Woodall ...

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

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.

Buck Woodall claims the awards contender stole ideas from a screenplay he wrote, while Disney says the works aren't similar.

In 2003, Woodall presented materials for 'Bucky' to a Mandeville Films director of development ... Stream all Disney movies, including Moana, for just £4.99 a month on Disney Plus by signing ...

Disney has been hit with a copyright lawsuit alleging that the popular Moana franchise was lifted from a decades-old screenplay without the writer's consent. The writer is now suing for $10billion in ...

He further claims that at the time, Mandeville had a first look deal with Disney and ... from each portion of the Moana franchise" following the release of the original movie.

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

The animator alleges he brought the idea for his screenplay Bucky to Marchick and then-employer Mandeville Films in 2003 ... original movies" at Disney, which the complaint described as "virtually ...