The mouse is headed for the TANK

[otis]

Roy Disney just sold 40% of his stock today. Just Check out MSNBC. Sad.

:(

[egerie]

ruh-oh. first giant wave of layoffs and now this ? nah, I doubt Disney will crash, but this is definately a suprising piece of info.

[Sammy]

If they do Tank.. maybe they'll make something truely great as their dying effort

[ChadTHX1138]

It took me awhile to find the link...THANKS

http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusCom/reuters08-20-154123.asp?sym=DIS

[jwo]

i had a dream of an animated steampunk swashbuckler, with Matt Rhodes and alot of local conceptart.org dwellers behind the foundation...it was swell.
& with ships where they belong
in the air.

[Tedsuo]

Sammy: No way dude. If they go out, it'll be like the dying emperor from Dark Crystal. :)


But I kind of hope they do. That would be some hefty fertilizer for the rest of the industry.

[JoshuaTheJames]

OK I'm puttin LASSETER
in Charge!

NOW that would be a company!

-Joshua

http://www.pixar.com/companyinfo/aboutus/images/john.jpg
JOHN A. LASSETER
Executive Vice President, Creative
Mr. Lasseter is a two-time Academy Award®-winning director and animator. In addition to overseeing all of Pixar’s films and projects as executive vice president, Creative, he served as director of Toy Story, A Bug’s Life and Toy Story 2 as well as executive producer of Monsters, Inc. and Finding Nemo. He is currently in development on his fourth feature film.

Mr. Lasseter directed the first computer-animated feature film, Toy Story, for which he received a Special Achievement Oscar® and was nominated for Best Original Screenplay. Toy Story was the first animated film ever to receive an Oscar® nomination for screenplay. Mr. Lasseter has written and directed a number of short films and television commercials while at Pixar; Luxo Jr. (1986 Academy Award® nominee), Red’s Dream (1987), Tin Toy (1988 Academy Award® Winner) and Knickknack (1989), which was produced as a 3D stereoscopic film. Tin Toy was the first computer animated film to win an Oscar®, when it won the 1988 Academy Award® for Best Animated Short Film. Mr. Lasseter also designed and animated the Stained Glass Knight character in the 1985 Steven Spielberg production, Young Sherlock Holmes. Mr. Lasseter joined Lucasfilm’s Computer Division in 1984, and was a founding member of Pixar when it was formed in February, 1986. Prior to this, he spent five years as an animator at The Walt Disney Company, where he worked on such films as The Fox and the Hound and Mickey’s Christmas Carol. He earned his B.F.A. in film from the California Institute of the Arts where he produced two animated films, each winners of the student Academy Award® for Animation; Lady and the Lamp in 1979 and Nightmare in 1980. His very first award came at the age of five when he won $15.00 from the Model Grocery Market in Whittier, California for a crayon drawing of the Headless Horseman.

[sandman09]

Lasseter and the rest of the Pixar team are looking to end their relationship with Disney. And seeing as how Pixar has been one of Disney's top earners in recent years, that won't hep the situation any. i'm not sure how many films they have in their contract with Disney, but there has been a great deal of talk to leave when their obligation is up (if not sooner). Pixar has already been working on beefing up their production staff and I believe their goal is to become sort of independent while producing movies more quickly. Something like one movie per year...

[helix7]

Originally posted by sandman09
Lasseter and the rest of the Pixar team are looking to end their relationship with Disney.

I heard basically the same. I think it was on that 60 Minutes show where they toured Pixar and talked to some of the top people. I actually hope that they do sever their Disney ties. I think Pixar has established themselves well, and they must be at a point financially where they can be self-sufficient by now.

[Tedsuo]

Pixar has two films left in their contract, "The Incredibles" and "Cars." If they do continue with Disney it will be for distribution purposes only, with Disney receiving the standard distributor's cut.

[ChadTHX1138]

I could have swore it was a 5 picture deal that ended with NEMO.

[JoshuaTheJames]

I heard Disney argued that Toy Story 2 didn't count since it was a sequal...

-Joshua

[ChadTHX1138]

Yeah and I heard Josh that your momma....

Ok well I heard that Pixar wasnt going to do another Toy Story until the deal with Disney was over. Disney tried to get them to do one but was told HELL NO! we'll earn that Swag for ourselves.