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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...