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With Lucasfilm Acquisition, Disney Moves Closer to Angry Birds Creators [Update]

An interesting side effect of The Walt Disney Company’s $4.05 billion buyout of George Lucas’ Lucasfilm empire, announced on Tuesday, is that the deal brings Disney closer to Rovio Entertainment, creators of the massively popular Angry Birds franchise. In one of its last moves as an independent company,… Read More »With Lucasfilm Acquisition, Disney Moves Closer to Angry Birds Creators [Update]

Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm

In a major announcement today, the Walt Disney Company announced it would acquire Lucasfilm. The rumors of this acquisition had been percolating to the surface over the last few days. More details soon, but here’s the press release to get starred. As if that big… Read More »Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm

Disney to Buy LucasFilm, Make Star Wars 7

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The Walt Disney Company has agreed to acquire George Lucas’ Lucasfilm Ltd, including the rights to the popular Star Wars franchise. There is also talk of a 2015 release for Star Wars: Episode 7. As readers of this blog already know, there have been rumors… Read More »Disney to Buy LucasFilm, Make Star Wars 7

Pixar’s first female director leaves

If there is one slight against the Pixar brain trust, it’s that it’s a boy’s club. I don’t think it’s a matter of intent, but rather it evolved that way out of the initial friendships that helped create Pixar. Brenda Chapman was the first woman… Read More »Pixar’s first female director leaves