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Pixar Drops Disney To Find a New Studio Partner
da_anarchist writes "After much speculation, Pixar has announced that it will end its distribution agreement with Disney. This comes after much bitterness at Pixar over the terms of their current deal with Disney, where Disney took a sizable (and some would say unfair) portion of the $2.5 billion in revenue generated by Pixar's films. Pixar is best known as the studio behind the Toy Story series and the more recent movie Finding Nemo."
Then why isn't it iPixar?
...distribute.
Imagine.. pixar now can do ANYTHING they want.. they are now unleashed. Imagine a porn flick by pixar? Imagine hot grits.. Seriously.. now they can really get into the adult market with their style, their writing.. the previous stuff was cool and all, but lets see what they do without disney holding them back..
Stick a fork in them, they're done.
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I see this as being both good and bad...
;) (assuming they don't squash all competition).
Disney needs to pull out of its slump. They make the whole industry look bad right now.
Pixar will go on to bigger and better things, which will help the industry.
They are big enough now, they could probably handle self distribution, although they probably don't want to get into that role yet.
Best of luck to the both of them. The better they become, the better we all become, the more secure my job is
I imagine the Pixar boys are out celebrating tonight... (if deadlines aren't killing them...) maybe I should head over across the bay and buy them a round.
-Tim
-I just work here... how am I supposed to know?
By the end of the year, 90% of Disney's revenue will come from licensing its characters to junk food restaurants, manufacturers of lunch boxes and backpacks, and makers of disposable training pants.
It will use its last bit of influence to convince Congress to make image piracy punishable by death or five years janatorial duties in the Disney[world|land] Outlet Malls.
Stefan
It means I can stop boycotting Pixar films. Hooray!
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Disney will probably start suing the hell out of everyone for copyright infringement, including ANYBODY who made a cartoon mouse. Their main source of income will be from litigation. Their theme park will be called the Copyrighted Kingdom.
Goodbye Disney, hello Vivid.
I'd have a personalized plate on my car, but "toxic bachelor" won't fit into 7 letters.
Disney also has the right to finance and produce sequels if Pixar declines to co-finance and produce them under the current agreement
...all done with that craptastic bargain basement 3D animation you see every afternoon on the WB. Ugh. Ugh.
NO NO DAMMIT NO!
I will make it a personal mission to urinate on Eisner's grave if Disney rapes a single one of Pixar's excellent films. I am so f'ing sick of Disney executives walking around the park trying to figure out what movie, series even RIDE they can milk for another buck. Every time I see an advertisement for (classic movie) 2, 3 etc I want to scream.
Steve Jobs is the biggest ass in the world for allowing Disney this option. Give it a year or two after Pixar profits are gone, and get ready for
* Toy Story 3 - Buzz and Woody go to Camp
* Monsters, Inc. 2 - Giggles, Inc.
* Finding Nemo 2 - Doria's Quest for Paxil
Like how "spam" came to mean "unsolicited email" I propose we make "disney" as a synonym for cancer, as in "my grandfather's prostate got disneyed" or perhaps as synonym for necrophilia.
- JoeShmoe
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the recent pooh suit setback
I don't know what this is but it sound disgusting.
But are you a staggeringly wealthy white guy ? :-)
They can ride on their past success, actually. No need to ride on Disney. Take the higher grossing films in their ads and you have something like:
'From the people who brought you Toy Story, Monsters Inc., and Finding Nemo comes a story about [insert heartfelt adjectives] in the [big/distant/unknown] [insert populace reference]. Pixar in conjunction with [insert pushover distro company] brings you [insert title; three words max; prefer two].'
Throw in the merchandising that was setup nine months before the first press release...and you're good to go!
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> I mean - Cinderella2? PeterPan2 LionKing2 Aladdin2&3.
If you think those are bad, wait until they start making prequels!
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
> It had a very good message about the pointlessness of materialism
So, Disney won't complain if people download it without paying?
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Has anyone noticed their latest upcoming cheapquel?
The Lion King 1 1/2
Yep! One and a half. 1.5.
What's next, Sleeping Beauty 1.666666666... ? How about The Little Mermaid 2 + (3pi * x^2)y + 1 ?
Or maybe they can start numbering them like Linux kernels...
"Hey, wanna go see Mulan 2.4.24? I heard they fixed some of the animation bugs..."
But I digress. }:)
-Z
Psycho-analyzing someone on the basis of a paragraph is generally a pretty good sign that you're full of it.
Yes, there is irony in this post.
I can't wait for Beauty and the Beast e^(i*pi)+1.
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D'oh!
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> The Emperor's New Groove
> It started out following the standard Disney formula but took a different turn somewhere along the road
You mean they didn't kill off any parents?
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