'The Incredibles' Director DITCHES Disney for Skydance Animation?!
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- Опубликовано: 23 окт 2024
- Brad Bird is leaving Disney for Skydance Animation, headed by his old Pixar boss John Lasseter. And he's not the only one. Word is that the directors of Wreck-It-Ralph and Tangled are also moving over from the Mouse House. Apparently John Lasseter isn't as 'cancelled' as the media would like too think he is...
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#Disney #TheIncredibles #Pixar #Animation #BradBird #Skydance #JohnLasseter
As an animator, I've always looked up to Brad Bird and this news puts a smile on my face
I wonder what he’ll work on now
Same, I know they'll pull off something reall great
Honestly whatever Brad bird does next I'm interested in I mean the incredibles were amazing the sequel was really good can't wait to see what he does next
@@positiveproductions6699 only the mists of time will tell
Not an animator or anything fancy, but as I grew up I came to realize that he was deeply involved in most if not all of my childhood favorites. I'm pretty stoked to hear this.
Let’s be honest Brad Bird created our childhood with his talent and directing wisdom.
And John Lassiter was the one who made it happen.
@UnderWaterFurry hahahaha ok maybe that too lol 😂
He was also excellent with live action films.
Your childhood. Chuck Jones and Tex Avery created my childhood. :)
Iron Giant was an instant classic from the 1990s.
Great news. What they did to John Lasseter is ridiculous.
I 100% agree
It's worth noting too that this was around the same time Disney elbowed Steve Whitmire out of the Muppets. They just wanted to get rid of the old guard and Lasseter's a big huggy guy.
Yep. Tohts dumb.
@@CinnamonGrrlErin1 I've heard Steve Whitmire got a bit full of himself on his portrayal of Kermit and he didnt feel so sure of a replacement a few years back. Now my mind is wondering if that news got partially made up
@@Thomasmemoryscentral I've read that Brian Henson was a bit prickly regarding Steve's protectiveness, but the guy did perform Kermit for over 30 years. I genuinely believe that Steve's dismissal was because Disney wanted to use Kermit in projects he wasn't comfortable with. They don't understand that the main reason the Muppets have been so popular is because a lot of that is born from the performers own personality. It bugs me when people call the performers "voice actors," because that completely trivializes how much they put into their work. (Sorry for the tangent, I'm just a huge Muppet fan lol)
I wonder if he only stayed at Pixar as long as he did because he wanted to protect the studio. And now that the writing's on the wall with everything getting plopped on D+ (and I predict a merger into Disney Animation Studios), he might as well go join his old friend.
And I'm very encouraged that Skydance is partnering with AppleTv, I loved the new Fraggle Rock show and the rest of their animation seems to be pretty good quality. I like the new Harriet the Spy.
this is just baaadddd
D+ how? Not much different if everything they make for SkyDance will be going on AppleTv, will it?
@@1krani I know, I was just referring to how Disney's treated the last few Pixar movies (straight to streaming) compared to Disney Animation Studios getting theatrical releases, even though there's almost no discernible difference between the two studios these days. Brad Bird could've left anytime he wanted to over the last few years, but something's happened behind the scenes I think for him to finally go.
D+? More like D-!
@@CinnamonGrrlErin1 i don't understand Disney's decisions
Man, Skydance is sounding more and more promising by the minute!
A lot better than dismal disney
Welp I know where to go when the time comes
It is, Disney has a duplicity problem with Pixar and Disney Animators.
I think Skydance could make a Transformers movie.
Cuz Skydance isn't interested in chasing after every dollar, actual or imaginable. I'm rooting for them and Laika.
If HUGGING is enough to warrant a court order, none of those people better go to any Latin/Hispanic country. They would be miserable!
I understand that different people have different boundaries, but HUGGING should not require legal action. Just pull the person aside and say that hugging makes you uncomfortable, and make sure it’s not said vaguely. If they keep trying to hug you, THEN a court order makes sense because that would be harassment. Involving the courts for just HUGGING is a waste of everyone’s time.
Ralph Wiggum: “Everybody’s hugging!”
Brad Bird was probably done with modern Disney, that I can't blame him for leaving it. Incredibles 2 wasn't that great as the first film & I think after that, he was just done with Disney.
Incredibles 2 was a disaster, frankly. Derivative of the first film, not really all that interesting, pushing a wahmen story line. Ridiculous.
Incredibles 2 was just another woke mess. Sidelining Mr Incredible to babysitting duty for the Wahmen to take charge.
@@coreymckee4844 My biggest issue with Incredibles 2 was that it was more of a repeat of the first films story, except this time Mrs. Incredible is the main character, instead of Mr. Incredible.
@@markbrooks8623 I think Disney got in the way of Brad's creative vision of the film
@@markbrooks8623 Nah, dude. To me, it wasn’t entirely woke at all. It was simply action packed and explosive entertainment.
John Lasseter and Brad Bird teaming up again makes my heart smile. They, alongside Don Bluth, Ron Clements, and John Muskers, practically made my childhood. With classic Disney long gone, they **are** animation.
Wow, Disney must have done something bad to let him go because Brad Bird is good director.
But what could it be- Oh, yeah. Everything. XD
Or he sad something that is against the message
He couldn’t take wokeness anymore.
@@timewarriorsaga "The Message" always needs to be said in reverb with The Critical Drinker's voice.
@@asdf51501 wait, what?
What message?
Lasseter wasn’t just Pixar’s heart, I give him credit for Disney themselves figuring out CGI animation. Once he was an executive producer, suddenly they went from low effort trash like Chicken Little to Tangled and Wreck it Ralph and Frozen. HMMMMMM…
What happened there?
I think Disney's main problems are:
1. They are unable to keep talent due to cost cutting and rising salaries of the top brass
2. The company's sheer arrogance that been appearing in the last few years
3. Unable to take real critics advice/warnings
4. Chasing the wrong kinds of people and listening to twitter far to much instead of a much boarder view, where they listen to various soical media platforms, not just the one platform that seems to scream the loudest
5. Unable to figure out where they should be going with the company and its various brands, to me, from what I can tell, Lucasfilm & Marvel don't really have much of a long term game plan and they are just winging it, espeically Lucasfilm, so I just cannot see a long term future where it remains seperate of its parent company
6. The internet exists for foreign competition like Korean movies and shows, Anime and Manga exists to destory Comics and Cartoons. Therefore everyone who would've gotten an ENGLISH or American Entertainment, just gets a better service with those and better product.
7. Unable to extract their heads from their own rectoms
@@drthmik 8. Asia isn't woke. Japan and Korea aren't... Including Taiwan.
They would rather pay themselves millions and millions in salaries rather than pay the people who do the actual work. Creatives are much more tight about their creator rights these days and Disney isn't able to retain talent cause nobody likes the contracts they put out.
@@MaoRatto lmao Korea is woke Japan is getting there is just not a big push. also Koreans release copycat films that were made by the Japanese or were manga and they make them live action just go see their soap operas almost manga material copycat. Japan doesn’t translate their material and don’t go mainstream unlike Korea who wants money from abroad.
So Taika Waititi (I'll destroy your mythos in a minute) puts his, ahem, girlfriend in all his movies instead of an actress, and John Lasseter is disgraced? Anyone with actual talent should flee the 'big-name' creative studios and work for indies.
Didn’t he, Waititi, get outed as being polyamorous?
Waitit broke his family to cheat with a secretary of his. He then dragged her along for a couple years before she demanded an answer for if things would get serious. He answered by dumping her. And now he's getting caught in three-way kisses, with an actress that he casted in one of his movies.
For me, all the signs point to him being a typical Hollywood pervert that uses his casting couch quite often.
The moment they added "disgraced" to the title, you knew the article was an opinion piece...not news
Good for him. Here's hoping Skydance, Sergio Pablos Animation, and others compete with Disney so it can be a great studio again like what happened in the 70s and 80s with Don Bluth Studios.
Don't forget cartoon saloon.
It's psychotic, they keep finding new ways to celebrate mediocrity!
-Bob/ Mr.Incredible.
For the longest time, I thought he was fired for sexual harassment but now I learn he was a hugger. Once again, MeToo has proven to be full of crap.
Is that the same guy that made 'Iron Giant'? If so, Godspeed my dude.
Yep same guy
Yep yep still love that movie
I foresee SkyDance, dancing all over Disney/Pixar's grave... It is a sad thing; my entire family are huggers, mom's, Dad's Kids, Aunts and Uncles. We will always ask if some would like a hug first, but it is sad that there is so little human contact anymore. Makes one wonder about these persons that were offended by close contact, what trauma shaped their childhood.
My family are the same. Used to feel sad on my dads behalf because he loved kids, but hed never go near them as he got old incase overorotective parents mistook him for a pedo of something. The worlds gone mad.
They could definitely beat Disney/Pixar. Only problem is: they're in this distribution deal with Apple to distribute their stuff on Apple TV+. I think that's an awful idea. If they're gonna want to be taken seriously as competitors they need some theatrical productions.
Can't wait to see what John Lasseter and Brad Bird are gonna do with Skydance. We desperately need alternatives to Disney and Illumination in the animation world.
Brad Bird is underrated. I’m hoping that there will be good things coming out soon.
Pixar used to be done for the benefit of Pixar. Now Pixar is done for the benefit of Disney, and, when it comes to the bottom line vs. the employees, we know what Disney will do.
Love the Iron giant it's a masterpiece.
Lasseter not being there for the last few years explains alot about the lack of quality comming out of Pixar. The man's love of Hiyo Miyazaki films made me a fan.
The Incredibles and Iron Giant is my childhood, man. They did him so wrong. Artists can't get a break for the mess Disney's executives keeps making for them. This is the worst time for us to be Disney fans.
Best hope for future animation is small studios taking risks and creating something amazing.
@@studiomiguel I feel you on that one. Especially for ex-Disney and ex-DreamWork and other big animation studios making their own studios. Anyone working on a new studio for animations it's a struggle, but a good one because you have the community to back you up now that these big companies are screwing with our money.
This is why subscribing to apple tv and netflix is nice because they have smaller studios. Or buying all these treasures on physical if can.
@@SillyOmega That's true. I also like seeing people putting their own animations on YT, too. The community never ceases to amaze me. YTHQ on the other hand, they are not transparent about whose side are they on.
@@callibor3119 that's true. Also this is every one reminder that all cartoon saloons irish stories are available on blue ray in cartoon saloon's irish folk lore trilogy. They stated this is probably the only time wolf walkers will be on blue ray.
12:08 Sergio Pablos was a former supervising Animator at Disney. He directed Klaus. Chris Buck and Kevin Lima directed Tarzan for Disney.
Oooh, I think Ray Gunn was one of the films that Brad Bird talked about in his documentary of The Iron Giant Blu-Ray on the collector's edition where it showed off some pencil test animations of the film. This might be that same film and I eagerly look forward to seeing it.
Either ditch Disney or Violet Parr gains 500 pounds and dyes her hair purple.
See I'm not starfire for a similar look
John Lasseter: "It's good to see you, Brad. I hope you don't regret this."
Brad Bird: "I never look back, Darling. It distracts from the now."
Ooo ~
Good. Disney keeps screwing over Pixar over the last few years and it really diminishes Pixar's work. Hell, "Turning Red" doesn't even LOOK like a Pixar movie because of the decisions Disney has been making.
Turning red was woke trash
Here's hoping Brad Bird will one day direct his vision of Will Eisner's The Spirit he's always wanted to do.
John was the responsable for the second Disney Animated Renaissance that Disney has been riding its coattails, fun if he ends it by making Skydance a success
Idk why people would think John Lasseter is anything like harvey weinstein it’s ridiculous
John Lasseter is very big on story comes first before anything and that was why PIXAR movies were so good. It wasn't just because they were ground breaking technology wise but they also had great stories. Story first, above all else, that's certainly not the Disney way these days and that is why they constantly fail.
The Incredibles, Ratatouille, The Iron Ginat and The Incredibles 2 are my favorite films from Brad Bird. I'm glad he made his decision to leave Disney because Disney is no longer cool anyone, it's a scummy company nowadays obviously.
Brad Bird did Ratatouille too? Didn't know he had a hand there.
@@saintsheepy6682 Yep, he wrote and directed it
@@JustANyanCat Sort of, it wasn't originally his movie but Pixar brought him in after it was already underway.
@@SpaceJawa Yup, thanks for the clarification 👍
Totally agree!!! I'm a Democrat myself and I have a theory on why we keep getting sooo much woke nonsense first no one knows how to say no to anything anymore second to many people are fearful of being judged and third there's no dignity in creative process. That's why most older disney veterans are calling it quits and I don't blame them. If I had to keep making crap for agenda and wokeness I'd be furious and frustrated as well.
If he also did animated films firmly based on steampunk would be as amazing as any futuristic detective story.
With disgraced former head John Lasseter?
Lol
They made Disney into the juggernaut in 3D animation in the 00's. I hope Skydance doesn't sell themselves to Disney down the line and look forward to their films.
That was my thought too. Once SD becomes more popular than Disney, Pixar, or Illumination you know Disney is going to try and buy them to undercut them and stay "on top". I hope they have the balls to say no and continue on their way. At this point it should be illegal for Disney to buy anything else. (you know, that whole "Monopoly" thing)
Real question, who owns Skydance and can I buy stock in them? With Lassetter and now Bird, I imagine they're movies are gonna be great, so Might as well invest now before they become the next Disney.
Skydance media
Skydance Media owns them, but alas, they're a private company. No public stock to trade. Shame about that.
@@1krani They used to be with Paramount Pictures. I personally don't trust them because of their reputation with them, and making pretty awful movies that tanked in the box office under Paramount. Unless they start making fully original things under Apple that make at least twice their budget despite being on a streaming platform, I would advise you not to trust Skydance media whatsoever
@@maouliamediaofficial and skydance animation?
@@ryanmatthews3609 them neither. They're still a division of skydance media, I think.
Real happy for Brad Bird making this decision. Disney is just a wormhole of disasters that deserves to be avoided.
I see great things in Skydance's future.
Good for him, really.
In regards to Brad Bird, he directed "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol". This movie, I think, really helped to rejuvenate the M:I movie franchise.
Pixar died with Toy Story 3 and Inside Out being the last good films. Everything else was total shit. Haven't paid since 2015. Brand is dead.
You and me both, those were the last wonderful Pixar films.
What about Coco? That was actually the last best thing they did. And while I did like Soul and Luca, they didn't feel as rich and polished like the rest.
@@tomkavanagh4200 Saw it and was bored by its soap opera story. Good visuals but very meh. Never considered adding it to the collection for a second
At this point, Pixar no longer exists. The company was the people, not the name.
After Inside Out, Pixar died.
Very wise decision I miss the old Disney when they used to do 2D animation.
Brad bird is one of my favorite directors. Despite the faults of incredibles 2(though from what I heard it's issues seems to have been a studio and development hell issue rather then him), I still love it as well as his other animated films(though I still need to see the iron giant), and he's gonna do great at Skydance.
Here's hoping more new studios, Dreamworks and illumination(yes, I'm actually a fan of them and tbh I look forward to their movies more then disney's nowadays) keep up the good work and give disney the message that their monopoly won't last forever and if they want to stay relevant they need to make quality, not quantity. Oh, and stop shifting everything pixar to disney plus!
"(though from what I heard it's issues seems to have been a studio and development hell issue rather then him)"
I've heard the same thing, that the movie had a year cut from its development time halfway through production.
When you look at the history of Brad Bird movies, from what I can tell all of the ones that have issues there's something behind the scenes you can point to where any "Bad" Brad Bird movie probably isn't Bird's fault but the result of some kind of behind-the-scenes production meddling and someone else getting in Bird's way.
I would have like to have seen another Tomorrowland movie, either sequel or prequel. Some of the deleted scenes were pretty good, and should have been in the movie.
Reminds me of how a bunch of OG devs at BioWare jumped ship too some years ago, Mass Effect Andromeda was a failure, Anthem was a godawful dead corpse of a game, and there's no hope for Dragon Age to make a comeback after all that's happened.
Basically the same thing that's leading a crushing blow of incompetence in the Gaming industry technical blunders is all the long time veteran developers bailing out.
Sounds familiar to the comics industry, right? Now here with Animation.
This can't be a coincidence, right?
Brad Bird was never a permanent employee of Pixar. He was only there while directing his own 3 films… this news isnt at all reflective of his relationship with pixar or Disney. The reality is that the animation production pool has widened and Disney is no longer the only game in town
He wasn't a permanent employee but he did have a close relationship with them. I think that the comparison I've made in the past that if Pixar were the Fantastic Four, Brad Bird would be their Spider-Man.
I mean what do they have on Disney that’s worth anymore? Also let’s be real Disney has been kicking Pixar under the bus
I hope that Brad Bird's next project "Run Gunn" be a excellent movie experience. Not only can we have great animated movies in the future, but it can also open the red light for Disney to stop making live-action remakes of old movies and go back to making good stories full of creativity for everybody.
I bet Jim Morris (Pixar's president) must have bit his tongue after the news.
And Kneow's idea of a Batman live-action is interessent.
Kneon. Respectfully disagree…I thought Balto was a good film. Happy for Brad Bird. Would love to see them do an Incredibles style family of supers movie at Skydance. Klaus was freaking awesome!
Given what I've heard here, Brad Bird's decision couldn't have been easy, but he made the right call. With all these veterans teaming up to make so many great projects, clamping down on Disney's monopoly, and the possibility of Don Bluth's return, we might just get the mother of all animation renaissances. Speaking of Bluth, there's a book he's writing about his animation career, but it will not be available until July 19th.
Oh god Ray Gunn sounds absolutely amazing. I can never get enough Retro-Futuristic. And Sky Captain is literally one of my favorite movies of all time, pissed I only found it last year but easily one of the most underrated movies I've ever seen.
Just a casual list of basically every animated movie I've liked in the past ten years, no big deal.
Skydance is going to crush it.
Brad, you did a good thing. People should grow a pair and ditch Disney as well.
They now see that Disney is sadly no longer what it once was. Perhaps studios like Skydance will create new and better computer animated and hand drawn animated films and other media.
Bruh disney is a utter failure if they let go of one their best animators
“If you start seeing a decline of quality at Pixar…” That ship has sailed. Lasseter’s name on a project was almost always a seal of quality (some notable exceptions, but those weren’t twisted they were just kinda ‘meh’), I think Pixar’s stories have gotten noticeably worse for awhile now, and Brad bailing is just going to hasten that decline. Looking forward to seeing what Skydance puts out. Just as I automatically write off anything Disney does as garbage, it’ll be nice to have a studio I can trust for quality as a default. Time will tell, but this sounds promising.
I did remember saying that I wouldn't be surprised if a Pixar employee left Disney to pursue other careers because of how Disney treated them and now that brad bird is gone that proves my point 😁😁
I hope this studio succeeds. I'm curious if this shows Lasseter's colours away from the toxicity of Disney, but I also don't want the past accusations to hinder the studio as it finds its footing. Brad Bird's going to do great.
With MeToo's standards on sexual harassment, women might as well be seen as sensitive, highly unstable, nuclear warheads.
Just a little correction-
Rich Moore did leave Disney, but he didn't moved to Skydance with Lasseter. Instead he chose to go for Sony and produce "Vivo".
Nathan Greno on the over hand did leave disney to direct an animation movie at Skydance, but it was before Lasseter was hired there. The reason why he probably left Disney was because Lasseter shut down his movie "Gigantic". So it's not guarantee that he will stay there.
But yes, there is a gigantic wave of directors that are leaving Disney and Pixar.
Here is a short list of some of them that I remember:
Rich Moore (for Sony), Nathan Greno (for Skydance), John Musker and Ron Clements (for Warner), Chris Williams (for Netflix), John Ripa, Lee Unkrich, Mark Andrews.
Call it conspiracy if you want, but I think that most of them left because the dismissal of Lasseter.
Well it’s clear Brad Bird didn’t have control of Incredibles 2 as it’s the worst movie I’ve seen him direct and yes I say that with a heavy heart as Incredibles was one of my favourite childhood movies that is still a 10/10
Tomorrowland was pretty lame but he is a great director. He wrote and directed three animated classics in a row which is very impressive.
That explain it. I'm sure he never wanted Incredibles 2 to be turn out like that.
Incredibles 2 was the anti-Incredibles movie.
Wait *HUH?* What happened?
@@justinbrummett In the middle of production for Incredibles 2, someone cut a year from the production time of the movie so they could release it a year earlier while adding a year of production time to Toy Story 4.
In short, Incredibles 2 had a year of its production time sacrificed for the sake of Toy Story 4.
Ironic that the biggest animation giant on Earth is now a repellant for animators.
Brad Bird has made great things without Pixar. He doesn't need Disney. Pretty sure he will continue to make great things without Disney. As for John Lasseter, I still respect his work and since many people spoke highly about him, I believe them. I don't think those allegations are as awful as the media says. MeToo started out fine, but spiraled into being offended about everything, so its hard to take seriously anymore. Bird and Lasseter working together again can only lead to great and innovative things, unlike Disney who doesn't have any creativity left.
DreamWorks was disney old creators they mad all the 90 greats and now same is happening to Pixar
Brad Bird = Iron Giant
one of my favorites childhood movies (i still cry at 27yr thinking about the ending) :)
He can also direct live action, as evidenced by my favorite Mission Impossible flick: Ghost Protocol.
Very good decision. He may have saved the franchise.
It’s Happening!
No one asked for a live action Dragon's Lair. NO ONE. I was so disappointed when I read the news that Nutflix acquired the rights to Dragon's Lair as I was hoping Don would have scored the funding he needed with his IGG pitch presentation for a fine 2D animated production. Now we can expect a multicultural, diverse and inclusive Dragon's Lair complete with strong and independent Daphne saving idiot Dirk from Mordroc and the dragon. No thanks!
Finally the real Pixar is back! Now it’s just called SkyDance! 🤯🤯🤯🤯😎😎😎😎👍👍👍👍
I don’t blame him. He gets to go back to his roots with a good friend that appreciates his work and gives him the freedom Pixar used to before Disney took over. Sorry but Pixar has been trash for the last few years, and I don’t blame the top talent for leaving.
When Pixar lost Lasseter, their future was doomed. Love that Bird and Lasseter will be making magic together again!
I wish them the best and hopefully they will be able to bring us more great content that they have over the years 👏
Hugging people??? How ridiculous can you get????????? Next thing you know they would get on to people who give free hugs at the Pride Parades.
Disney is a woke mess. No one wants to work for the mouse; when building a house of cards without a stable base and it will all come down. I really cannot wait for the day the Mouse burns....
Sounds like all the talented people has left Pixar
It's buzz feed all over again, the best talent is abandoning their crappy company
I don't blame him, given the current state of not only Pixar, but the Walt Disney Co is a whole- esp after want they did to Blue Sky Studios.
Excellent! I look forward to seeing what this produces.
No Lasseter, no Bird; Disney better get that "Directors Wanted" sign up and dusted.
First Incredibles was great, second one.........I could have done without.
Excellent they been holding him back since they bought Pixar.
Skydance is going to be the new Don Bleuth studio.
Ah yes, it's all coming together. This is amazing news, and I can't wait to see what the classic Pixar team can do!
I'm still skeptical about the accusations against John Lasseter. My theory is someone was out to get him and they succeeded. :( Brad and John back together is a good sign.
Frankly, the only abuse allegation I've believed since Harvey Weinstein was put in the slammer is Christina Ricci's accusations against her ex husband. The reasoning for this is that she keeps to herself when she's not acting, never tries to take advantage of the social climate, and has moved on with her new husband without bitching about her old one to try and gain more sympathy points. Aside from her, I assume that almost all of the women who make abuse allegations these days are riding the Me Too movement. Amber Heard has almost single handedly made it into a joke.
If this thing is gonna be big, they're gonna HAVE to fix that name. "Disney" Heavy. "Pixar" heavy. "Skydance" sounds like some little girl's pink pony doll.
Yeah there was a line of dolls called Skydancers in the 1990s IIRC.
Cool for him
Guys, most woke companies are also ageists.
Skydance seems to be the modern DreamWorks, as DE was also founded by disgruntled Disney and Pixar employees. I believe Lord Farquad from Shrek is loosely based on an exec or something that one of the animators had an issue with 😂
While DreamWorks is a very mixed bag for the most part, I do enjoy most of their catalogue and they’ve created How to Train Your Dragon, Rise of the Guardians, and The Croods. My top favorite movies hands down, I’ll fight anyone who disrespects them 🤣 Shrek is such a cultural icon, Kung Fu Panda to an extent, and The Prince of Egypt is so good even non animation fans enjoy it.
They’ve also seem to find a better groove with their shows (again, baring a few projects *cough notShe-Ra cough*) like Troll Hunters, Trolls, and Dragons. With the right team and leadership, DW can easily top Disney and Pixar. Cause no way was Toy Story 4 more deserving of the Oscar than How To Train Your Dragon 3, which I will concede can be overlooked by Klaus. But not TS4.
Anyway, I will laugh if Skydance and DreamWorks end up dominating the animation sphere. Maybe that will finally kick Disney/Pixar to actually try over coasting on name brand.
I'm pretty sure Farquad was based on Michael Eisner. Lot of bad blood between him and Katzenberg.
I'm pretty sure Farquad was based on Michael Eisner. Lot of bad blood between him and Katzenberg.
I know how controversial John Has been for the past few years, but I still wanna see what Skydance has in store.
I've heard from a 'source' that right after Lasseter was me tooed, Pixar cut loose a bunch of random male artists, while keeping women who literally did no work at all, in some kind of bizarre solidarity.
I'm cautiously hopeful for the next Brad Bird animated film.
Good, everyone needs to ditch that sham of a company now.
This is very telling. Great news because we get more great animation and competition for Disney.
Bird has always been an underrated artist. Working since the seventies he not only piloted The Iron Giant but made the special Family Dog for Spielberg and worked on the first three seasons of The Simpsons. It's clear that he had enough of the agenda and wanted to go back to (hopefully) tradition cartoons and now that Musker and Clemons' contract expiring they want to do the same.
nice thing about a new company is we'll see brand new material instead of franchises and and reboots.
Disney 🐀 ! Get woke 🌈 ! Go broke 💸 ! Ha ! Ha ! Ha ! Hilarious 😂
Sometimes I forget that Brad Bird did Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
People would rather let creativity stagnate than dare touch someone who may or may not have made mistakes in their past.