Darkbeer
10-01-2004, 02:59 PM
Iger/Pixar: An Opinion From Roy Disney
By Roy E. Disney
The recent article "Iger: Pixar Deal Nearing End at Disney" (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000650658) from the Hollywood Reporter absolutely screams for some comments:
Bob Iger, the man who the Disney Board has proclaimed the ablest and best-qualified person (within the Company) to assume the role of CEO at Disney, turns out to also be the biggest prophet of doom in the Company.
Bob says, first of all, that any possibility of a deal with Steve Jobs and John Lassiter and Pixar is just about dead...that the relationship has "approached the end of its natural life span." This apparently means it's not worth trying to get together, since, as he says, there is also the possibility of "some sort of cooperation - if not with Pixar, then with somebody else." What's that mean, Bob? Somebody else? And who might that be, pray tell? Or do you know?
A pretty casual way to blow off the most successful partnership in the history of Hollywood.
But then he says the most meaningful thing yet, on the subject of creativity: "when companies get as big as ours, it is not necessarily the most fertile ground in the world. People's passions have a tough time surfacing." Please note the quotation marks... I wouldn't want to misinterpret that one.
It really does beg the question... does size matter?
Apparently the answer is (hold your breath) -- yes -- it's bad for creativity.
Explains a lot, doesn't it?
By Roy E. Disney
The recent article "Iger: Pixar Deal Nearing End at Disney" (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000650658) from the Hollywood Reporter absolutely screams for some comments:
Bob Iger, the man who the Disney Board has proclaimed the ablest and best-qualified person (within the Company) to assume the role of CEO at Disney, turns out to also be the biggest prophet of doom in the Company.
Bob says, first of all, that any possibility of a deal with Steve Jobs and John Lassiter and Pixar is just about dead...that the relationship has "approached the end of its natural life span." This apparently means it's not worth trying to get together, since, as he says, there is also the possibility of "some sort of cooperation - if not with Pixar, then with somebody else." What's that mean, Bob? Somebody else? And who might that be, pray tell? Or do you know?
A pretty casual way to blow off the most successful partnership in the history of Hollywood.
But then he says the most meaningful thing yet, on the subject of creativity: "when companies get as big as ours, it is not necessarily the most fertile ground in the world. People's passions have a tough time surfacing." Please note the quotation marks... I wouldn't want to misinterpret that one.
It really does beg the question... does size matter?
Apparently the answer is (hold your breath) -- yes -- it's bad for creativity.
Explains a lot, doesn't it?