Disney sued for $10billion in Moana 2 copyright claim

From his decades-old script without his permission.

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Their companion becomes a guide. The picture was a word-of-mouth success, grossing over £535m globally and streaming for more than 1 billion hours on Disney+.

It has so far earned a total of $989.8m worldwide.

Permitted the animator to take the production giant to court once again, on the same grounds.

The complaint claims that a “fraudulent operation involving the theft, misappropriation, and significant exploitation of Woodall’s copyrighted materials” occurred on the part of Jenny Marchick, previously Mandeville Films’ development director, who is now head of development at DreamWorks Animation.

She was assured by Marchick that she would have her film approved.

“This was created following 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,” the lawsuit claims.

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Both are set in an ancient Polynesian village and follow teenagers as they embark on a perilous journey to protect their homeland, encountering ancient spirits who manifest as animals along the way.

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As Moana and her crew are drawn into a treacherous, spinning oceanic portal, the lawsuit claims another striking piece of imaginative tech, similar to those featured in Plaintiffs’ materials, that could only have come about through coincidence or intentional wrongdoing.

The material was created in 2004 and the copyright was revised in 2014.

Failed to progress in development, accusing Marchick of taking advantage of legal loopholes to transfer his assets to Disney.

Enough money to amount to £8.2bn, and an order stopping any further infringement of his copyrights.

We have approached Disney and Universal Pictures, which is the parent company of DreamWorks Animation, for a comment.

He had studied the animator’s work.

This project I was unaware of until this lawsuit was filed, the director Ron Clements stated in a sworn court declaration.

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