Darkbeer
02-11-2005, 12:45 AM
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/valley/la-fi-pixar11feb11,1,3595457.story?coll=la-editions-valley (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/valley/la-fi-pixar11feb11,1,3595457.story?coll=la-editions-valley)
QuikQuote: In the conference call, Jobs kept the focus on Disney. He repeatedly asserted that Pixar — with $850 million in cash and no debt — was ready for a life outside the Magic Kingdom should Pixar and Disney fail to resuscitate their partnership.
Jobs sprinkled his comments with several references to the "post-Disney era," noting that Pixar currently had eight new directors busy at work on non-Disney projects, the first of which will be released in theaters in the summer of 2007. Jobs also mentioned Pixar's next release, "Cars," due out in June 2006. He called it "the seventh and final film we will likely make for Disney."
QuikQuote: In the conference call, Jobs kept the focus on Disney. He repeatedly asserted that Pixar — with $850 million in cash and no debt — was ready for a life outside the Magic Kingdom should Pixar and Disney fail to resuscitate their partnership.
Jobs sprinkled his comments with several references to the "post-Disney era," noting that Pixar currently had eight new directors busy at work on non-Disney projects, the first of which will be released in theaters in the summer of 2007. Jobs also mentioned Pixar's next release, "Cars," due out in June 2006. He called it "the seventh and final film we will likely make for Disney."