Darkbeer
02-04-2003, 02:32 PM
Is Steve Jobs About to Move His Cheese? (http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_06/b3819096.htm) - Business Week, 2/10/03
QuikQuote: What's the best way to tick off Walt Disney Co.? Make an animated movie with a mouse as the lead character. That's exactly what Disney's partner, Pixar Animated Studios, is doing. The movie, which doesn't yet have a name, is about a little critter who lives in an upscale restaurant. And, at least for now, Disney has no rights to it at all.
Disney's 12-year-old deal with Pixar requires Jobs's outfit to deliver three more films, taking it to 2005. But Jobs has the right to start shopping for a new deal after he delivers his next film, Finding Nemo, an underwater comedy, in mid-February. Already, honchos from Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures Entertainment have made the trek to Pixar's Emeryville (Calif.) digs to schmooze Jobs and John Lasseter, his top creative exec. Says Sony Vice-Chairman Yair Landau: "Sony would clearly love to be in business with Pixar."
QuikQuote: What's the best way to tick off Walt Disney Co.? Make an animated movie with a mouse as the lead character. That's exactly what Disney's partner, Pixar Animated Studios, is doing. The movie, which doesn't yet have a name, is about a little critter who lives in an upscale restaurant. And, at least for now, Disney has no rights to it at all.
Disney's 12-year-old deal with Pixar requires Jobs's outfit to deliver three more films, taking it to 2005. But Jobs has the right to start shopping for a new deal after he delivers his next film, Finding Nemo, an underwater comedy, in mid-February. Already, honchos from Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures Entertainment have made the trek to Pixar's Emeryville (Calif.) digs to schmooze Jobs and John Lasseter, his top creative exec. Says Sony Vice-Chairman Yair Landau: "Sony would clearly love to be in business with Pixar."