The Race to Animate
In the streaming era, animation is big business.
Vulture takes a look at where we are, and how we got here.
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The former Disney-Pixar chiefs extended sabbatical didnt last long.
Times Upissued a statementsoon after admonishing Skydance for hiring Lasseter.
Both presidents agree evolution is in the air at the intersection ofMickey Avenue and Dopey Drive.
According to Pixar president Jim Morris, the studio was on the cusp of change even before Lasseters exit.
Theyre not going to necessarily be the ones that have their finger on the zeitgeist, Morris tells Vulture.
And we knew that.
Animated films come from people of their time, if that makes any sense.
Just as John was, and Andrew, Pete, and Lee were when they made their first films.
So I would say, yes, the companys quite a bit different now.
Petes been very supportive of letting filmmakers basically have the keys to the car.
We will judge how they drive it but we wont tell them how to drive it.
Shes done an amazing job at bringing a new point of view, Spencer says.
There are moments when it is important to have some new points of view come in.
You have to evolve.
I see that as the next chapter.
Beyond its shift toward emerging talent, the company has begun looking to the future in other ways.
Thats a super, super exciting world.
Its not clear to me exactly where that future goes.
But were starting to break down those walls, to take it beyond what people have experienced so far.
