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Why it's good that Disney bought Pixar, and Joh Lasseter is now in charge of the feature animation department:
According to Coming Soon and a post at Animation Nation, Pixar heads turned Disney bigwigs Ed Catmull and John 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." (emphasis mine)
In other words, no more direct to video crap like "Bambi 2" or "Cinderalla 2". That, in and of itself, is worthy of praise. I look forward to the first board meeting when Steve Jobs (who as of this week is the single largest shareholder of Disney stock) starts breathing fire. Bob Iger (the new Disney CEO) continues to impress the heck out of me.
According to Coming Soon and a post at Animation Nation, Pixar heads turned Disney bigwigs Ed Catmull and John 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." (emphasis mine)
In other words, no more direct to video crap like "Bambi 2" or "Cinderalla 2". That, in and of itself, is worthy of praise. I look forward to the first board meeting when Steve Jobs (who as of this week is the single largest shareholder of Disney stock) starts breathing fire. Bob Iger (the new Disney CEO) continues to impress the heck out of me.