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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Shahana Yasmin

Disney sued for $10billion in Moana 2 copyright claim

An animator has sued Disney for allegedly copying the idea for hit franchise Moana from his decades-old screenplay without his consent.

Buck Woodall filed a suit in a California federal court on Friday claiming that Disney lifted many elements of a screenplay he had written for an animated film titled Bucky.

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