A jury on Monday quickly and completely rejected a man’s claim that Disney’s “Moana” was stolen from his story of a young surfer in ...

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 ...

Animator Buck Woodall continues to pursue a copyright trial over the sequel to the 2016 hit, though the jury's decision in this case may indicate he faces an uphill battle.

Woodall argued that his story—about a teen surfer in Hawaii who meets Polynesian demigods and goes on a quest—reached Disney through a relative, Jenny Marchick. She worked at Mandeville Films ...

Woodall argued that he pitched “Bucky” to his sister-in-law’s stepsister, Jenny Marchick, in 2003, while she was an assistant at a production company that was located on the same lot as Disney.

To that, beginning in 2004 Woodall says he handed Jenny Marchick his copyright-protected Bucky the Surfer Boy trailer storyboards, “intellectual property and trade secrets” (including a 2011 finished ...

That woman, Jenny Marchick, worked for Mandeville Films, a company that had a contract with Disney and was located on the Disney lot. He sent her follow-up materials through the years. He ...