Disney is currently in the middle of being sued for ten billion dollars following an alleged copyright violation the company made involving the story lines and characters in the “Moana” franchise.

Buck Woodall is a writer, producer and animator who is suing Disney over a supposed copyright he owns. Woodall is suing The Walt Disney Company, an independent animation company Mandeville Films and head of feature development for Dreamworks animation Jenny Marchick. In the lawsuit Woodall claims he is entitled to at least ten billion dollars and 2.5% of gross revenue earned by the new “Moana 2” that was released late last year. Disney and Dreamworks parent company NBC Universal have yet to release a statement on the issue.

In the lawsuit Woodall says that both “Moana” and “Moana 2” are direct copies of his film “Bucky the Wave Warrior” or also known as “Bucky.” One of the similarities between the Disney films and Woodall’s movie is that both stories follow a teenager going on a dangerous voyage to save a Polynesian island and represent their ancestors as animal spirits. A necklace also plays a big role in both stories and both feature a demigod who wields a giant hook with tattoos who helps the main character on their voyage.

Around 2003 Woodall began sharing his idea for the animated film “Bucky” with the director of development at Mandeville Films, who at the time was Jenny Marchick. Marchick allegedly told Woodall that the studio had a “first look” deal with Disney. A first look deal is when a studio gets the first opportunity to either be involved or refuse to produce and disturbed a film. Woodall claims Marchick began pushing him for more content related to “Bucky” including his animated trailer, storyboards and a draft of the script.

In 2016 according to the lawsuit, when the first “Moana” film was set to release, Marchick informed Woodall “that she was unsure if his ‘Bucky’ materials made it beyond her desk.” Before this, in 2004, after not hearing from Marchick, Woodall registered “Bucky” and its assets for federal copyright protections through the Writers Guild of America and renewed his protections in 2014.

The end of this lawsuit is currently up in the air and could really go either way