On March 10, 2025, a federal jury delivered a verdict in favor of Disney in a closely watched copyright infringement lawsuit. In Buck G. Woodall ...

In the millions of emails and other documents Disney turned over to the plaintiff, Kaba argued, Woodall and "Bucky" were never mentioned as Disney's writers cobbled together the story of "Moana." ...

That woman, Jenny Marchick, worked for Mandeville Films, a company that had a contract with Disney and was located on the Disney lot. He sent her follow-up materials through the years. He testified ...

A California jury has ruled that Disney’s ‘Moana’ did not steal ideas from ... which he had shared with former Mandeville Films director Jenny Marchick. Marchick testified that she never ...

Jenny Marchick, a former director at Mandeville Films, had shared his copyrighted material with Disney, leading to the creation of 'Moana'. However, the jury found that Musker, Clements ...

Moana earned nearly $700 million at the global ... Woodall gave the Bucky outline to the stepsister of his brother's wife. That woman, Jenny Marchick, worked for Mandeville Films, a company ...

“Moana” earned nearly $700 million at the ... outline to the stepsister of his brother’s wife. That woman, Jenny Marchick, worked for Mandeville Films, a company that had a contract with ...

To that, beginning in 2004 Woodall says he handed Jenny Marchick his copyright ... the Disney franchise known as Moana,” the lawsuit adds. For the record, Marchick was the sister-in-law of ...