With award season for 2005 winding down and the mega-merger of Pixar and Disney on the fast-track, CartoonBrew looks ahead to 2006 and the veritable glut of animated films we’ll be enduring as audience members. 2006 will be the great shake-out of computer animated features. More CG films are planned for release in 2006 than… Read More »Animated Film Predictions for 2006
A group of Pixar investors have filed a class-action lawsuit claiming that Pixar was sold at too low a price. The complaint argues that a judge should stop the deal, arguing it will enrich Pixar executives and give them plum positions at the newly combined animation powerhouse while leaving investors out in the cold. I’ve… Read More »Investors erect Yield Sign in front of Pixar Deal
For many years Disneyland had Disneyland University. It was the place where new cast members got indoctrinated into a system of customer service (and all of business is customer service, just different customers depending on your job) that became the envy of all business worldwide. Van Arsdale France was the principle architect of the DU… Read More »Pixar University
Wanted to point out this great story on the Disney-Pixar deal at Animation Insider. It’s a great review of exactly what happened and what the prospects are. Steve Jobs, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pixar Animation Studios, has openly commented that being acquired by Disney was the best option available. Commenting: "As we approached… Read More »Disney-Pixar a fairytale review
I know it’s a little late to be commenting on last week’s ‘Lost’ episode Fire Plus Water. But I just read Seth’s take on the episode over at Mostly Muppet and thought he made a few important points I wasn’t reading elsewhere. So this week’s episode of Lost, Fire Plus Water, is all about birth… Read More »On Being Lost
BloggingBaby and The Parenting Blog both highlighted the coming of Wondertime, a new magazine from Disney’s FamilyFun division. "Wondertime is . . . a new magazine dedicated to helping parents nurture their children’s love of learning. A blend of how and why, Wondertime inspires moms of infants through 6-year-olds to see the world through the… Read More »New Disney Parenting Magazine
The Orlando Business Journal Reports that a new 29 acre Hotel/Condo resort will be going up near Disney Animal Kingdom Lodge. I’m a little worried this resort will be visible from the AKL. I’ve had my eye on that property for some time and hoped that Disney owned it. Looks like they didn’t. The move… Read More »Animal Kingdom Lodge gets new neighbor
Sorry for the delay in getting to the blogosphere reactions. There have certainly been a lot of them. If I miss yours and you want me to check it out, please drop me a link. Before I get going here, I wanted to correct a major oversight on my part. From the moment this deal… Read More »Pixar RoundUp – IIII