An animator has sued Disney for allegedly copying the idea for hit franchise Moana from his decades-old screenplay without his consent.
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Woodall claimed he received copyright protection for his Bucky materials in 2004 and the copyright was updated in 2014.
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Disney submitted documents to the court related to Moana, including story ideas, research, early screenplay drafts and scripts, travel journals, to support the claim that Moana was developed independent of Bucky.
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In response to the first lawsuit brought by Woodall, Disney claimed that no one involved in Moana’s development had seen the animator’s materials.