Animator Buck Woodall claims former Mandeville Films development director Jenny Marchick passed his "substantially similar" screenplay to Disney years before "Moana" premiered. Disney has been hit ...

In a lawsuit filed in California federal court on Friday, Woodall alleges that Disney used materials he shared in 2003 with Mandeville Films, which had a first-look deal with Disney at the time.

an independent film production studio in California. Marchick allegedly told Woodall that the production studio held a "first look" deal with Disney, meaning Mandeville could provide exclusive ...