A so-called 'movie detector's' theory that the dad of Disney's Moana could be Maui has film fans all saying the same thing.

Moana was like that. From the incredible Lin-Manuel Miranda songs to the themes of searching for your destiny to even the ...

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The jury was shown scenes from those films to support the Disney claim. Kaba cited reams of emails and documents tracking Moana’s development and showing that Musker and Clements took ...

“Moana 2” has drawn 27.3 million views within the first five days of release on Disney+. It is now the third most successful Disney Animation theatrical film to hit the platform. The ...

go back to Disney movies as early as 1940’s “Pinocchio” and appear in Musker and Clements’ previous films. Kaba said Musker and Clements developed “Moana” the same way they did the ...

“There was no ‘Moana’ without ‘Bucky,’” Lage said. Woodall’s suit alleged that Disney stole many elements of his animated film project - a “fraudulent enterprise that encompassed ...

A jury on Monday sided with Disney in a copyright trial involving “Moana,” clearing the company ... by the statute of limitations, since the film was released in 2016. However, a claim ...

Moana may have taken on the ocean virtually alone in “Moana” — at least, until she dragged Maui along — but that isn’t the case in Disney ... than in the first film, and that means ...