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 ...

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. The animator claims that he delivered to ...

Moana 2, expected to receive an Academy Award nomination for best animated feature, sees the Polynesian teenager reunite with Maui for another ocean adventure after she receives an unexpected call ...

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

Per the lawsuit, around 2003, Woodall began sharing his ideas for "Bucky" with Jenny Marchick, who at the time was the director of development at Mandeville Films, an independent film production ...