LOS ANGELES — A jury on Monday quickly rejected a man’s claim that Disney’s “Moana” was stolen from his story of a young surfer in Hawaii. The Los Angeles federal jury deliberated for ...

The Disney animated sequel to 2016’s Moana picks up with the titular hero as she receives a call from her ancestors that once again calls her to the sea where new adventures and dangers await.

“Moana” was co-directed, along with two others, by John Musker and Ron Clements, a duo that was essential to the 1990s Disney animation renaissance that made the company a global powerhouse ...