"Every why hath a wherefore." - Comedy of Errors, Act 2, Scene 2

Thursday, March 17, 2005

'Pixaren't'

From a Wall St. Journal e-mail:
The widely held consensus among Disney watchers is that Robert Iger, its newly named chief executive, will likely make one of his primary tasks the repair of a relationship with Pixar that fell apart under Michael Eisner. But the Los Angeles Times reports that in addition to any ill will between the two companies, he faces a big obstacle: Pixaren't. "That's what animators have dubbed a nondescript white warehouse in Glendale that Disney recently transformed into a factory to produce sequels to Pixar movies, including 'Toy Story,' 'Finding Nemo' and 'Monsters, Inc.,' " the Times says. "Cars," due out in 2006, is the last production under the current Disney-Pixar contract, but Disney has the right to make sequels to all Pixar films made during their partnership, which includes the whole Pixar stable to date. And "some believe it could hinder Iger's efforts to make peace with Pixar chief Steve Jobs," the Times says.

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