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Disney sued by animator claiming the studio stole his screenplay for Moana and its blockbuster sequel

Animator Buck Woodall previously sued Disney, claiming Moana was stolen from him, but the lawsuit was tossed due to the statute of limitations.

In a lawsuit filed in California federal court on January 10, Woodall claims the company stole pieces of a screenplay he wrote for an animated film titled Bucky for Moana 2. According to the complaint: 'Disney’s Moana was produced in the wake of Woodall’s delivery to the Defendants of virtually all constituent parts necessary for its development and production after more than 17 years of inspiration and work on his animated film project.' It goes on to claim that 'Moana and her crew are sucked into a perilous whirlpool-like oceanic portal, another dramatic and unique device–imagery found in Plaintiffs materials that could not possibly have been developed by chance or without malicious intentions.'

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