Comments on: Yes … it’s true.

By: Don Lapre Jones

Don Lapre Jones — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:41:29 +0000

Films with Animations are always welcomed . Looking forward for a very big hit animation film for the year 2007. Its welcome…

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By: Enrico

Enrico — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 18:03:57 +0000

Thanks for sharing your thoughts everybody.
Appreciated …
I am on the same page as most of you … the Disney company name
has accrued an unfortunate connotation after years of bad managing. For a few years they made stepping over their
artists talent and stories their main goal it seemed. It’s impossible being in this industry without having heard bad stories from ex Disney Artists. I myself worked for Disney from NY a few years back and don’t have the best memories of it.
That said there is room for optimism, there is a will to change what Disney Animation has been, a will to change it back to what it was … and now there’s someone who has the chops to do it …
I look forward to that …

By: Floyd Norman

Floyd Norman — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 00:49:51 +0000

Enrico
I remember the day of the Joe Ranft Celebration up at Pixar. All of the Pixar guys and gals and the Disney people were there. I couldn’t help but think, all of us really belong together. Now, it looks like we finally will. This is great news.

By: aoi

aoi — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:52:46 +0000

Sounds great! Like others said, I hope things will not change for you all (in terms of “freedom”)

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 22:37:15 +0000

I’ve been thinking about it, and as an artist who’s been itching to make my way to Pixar, I believe it’s a great thing. The biggest reason for my optimism is that Lassetter and Jobs are basically going to take over animation at Disney.

The way I see it it’s rather Pixar who is going to have an influence on Disney and not the other way around. In all likelyness, we will see a return to form at Disney(2D anyone?) and Pixar will remain the same fantastic bundle of joy it’s always been.

*Raises his glass*
Here’s to animation!!!

Dan

By: Thorsten

Thorsten — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 21:18:57 +0000

… and on goes the race of change: Toy Story 3 seems to be cancelled “… An Associated Press article from Tuesday about the acquisition confirms the news:

One immediate sign of Lasseter’s influence is that plans for Disney to make the long rumored sequel “Toy Story 3″ on its own have been scrapped. If the film is made, it will be done by Lasseter and the other creators of the original film, the companies said.”

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=12889

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:34:24 +0000

Is it true that John Lassiter will now be in charge of both Pixar and Disney’s creative team? Seeing that he is a huge fan of Hayao Miyazaki, I could only hope that not only cell drawn animation will return, but with a touch of studio Ghibli’s style. Totoro and Nausicaa are two of my favorites. I’d love to see stuff like that come out of Disney.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 02:45:38 +0000

I couldn’t believe it when i heard it - I have been following the story but didn’t think it would actually happen. Hopefully with Eisner gone things will begin to shape up for Disney and they change Pixar to much. what’s your opinion on it?

By: cK

cK — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 01:04:58 +0000

In mergers, unfortunately, high level visions does not necessarily translate at the working level. On paper, it sounds good but it is often difficult to change mid level management without replacing them with your own people.

I am most concerned about Disney Legal. I had some strange experiences with Disney animators/artists who were selling their independent projects (non-disney) at San Diego Con. These guys were really nice guys. But, when I asked about their past Disney projects (just general questions), the artist would look around to make sure that there was no one listening to conversation then tell me it is policy not to discuss past projects. It was not only one guy. I could understand not discussing projects that are in development but I found it strange that they were paranoid in discussing their past projects. If a company culture can create such a feeling of paranoia, I have concern. I hope that Lasseter and Catmull can control Disney’s mid-level management.

By: fred

fred — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:29:11 +0000

while i’m definitely not a fan of Disney over the years. one has to remember that the eisner era is over and the iger one has begun and so far iger has made some bold moves with abc content on itunes and now buying pixar. and buena vista is a powerfully dominant distributor. i have to say it makes sense for both companies here. the most important thing, as has been noted here, is that the pixar culture remain intact. the fact that catmull and lasseter have top jobs at disney creative now bodes well that things will not only stay the same in emeryville but also progress in socal as well…?