An animator filed a lawsuit against Disney last week saying the company stole plot elements and designs from a screenplay he ...

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It claims other similarities include how both plots celebrate a recurring theme of the Polynesian belief in ... a demigod adorned with a giant hook and tattoos and a giant creature that's ...

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

Moana and its sequel are two of the most successful movies in the history of Walt Disney Studios, and now, the company has been hit with a lawsuit claiming that the ideas for both Moana and its ...

Animator Buck Woodall has sued Disney, alleging the company copied elements of his screenplay for "Bucky" to create "Moana" ...

Buck Woodall claims the awards contender stole ideas from a screenplay he wrote ... Both works, which are set against the backdrop of an ancient Polynesian village, follow teenagers who defy ...

Woodall’s case accuses Disney of copying key themes and ideas from his work for both Moana and its sequel. According to Woodall, Bucky is set in an ancient Polynesian village and follows a ...

representations of Polynesian ancestors through animal spirits, a symbolic necklace that plays a special role in the story, and a demigod with a giant hook and tattoo who helps the protagonist ...