It’s official, Disney buys Pixar
This post was published 3 years 9 months 27 days ago and its content may not be valid anymore.As a follow-up post to Disney to buy Pixar.
It is official. Disney purchased Pixar for approximately $7 billion dollars.
The transaction could transform Disney, whose own animated films have been less than spectacular in recent years, into the animation dynasty it was during the early 1990s, when it turned out such hits as Beauty and the Beast and Lion King. But just as important, the acquisition will usher in a new era in which Disney, with Jobs and Disney CEO Bob Iger allied, could rewrite the rules of how entertainment is distributed digitally via new consumer technologies.
I am hoping that the quality flicks ushered by Steve Job’s Pixar will not be plagued by the less than stellar Disney releases. Lion King 1 1/2? There was only supposed to be one Lion King.
Can anyone else say iTunes Disney Movies [iTDM]?
Judging that Pixar will still be based in the Bay Area, there’s a good chance that they’ll still have creative license. Plus, do you ever expect Jobs to give up full control over /anything/ that he lays his hands on?
i’m sure that disney will begin to utilize its new assets to create / remake their “cartoons” in pixar glory.
lion king 1 3/4 special “pixar” edition? i see something like that happening.
[...] What the heck is going on here? After the recent announcment of the Pixar acquisition by Disney, I’ve just discovered that Toy Story 3 has been cancelled?! According to a poster at Animation Nation, Catmull and Lasseter “announced to Feature Animation employees [Tuesday] that the ‘Toy Story 3′ production will end effectively [Tuesday]. They said that sequels should only be made if there is a really great story that demands it, and should be the domain of those who created the original film.” [...]
Great…now the world will have to suffer “direct to itunes” poorly made disney sequels.
I hope they both remember that good animation is more about the art then the rendering or the merchandising.