Monday, March 24, 2014

The Fall of the House of Pixar

So sad to see many of the upcoming films planned by Pixar: 

Finding Dory
The Incredibles 2
Cars 3

Pixar used to make unique films with moving stories that could stand on their own. But now it's Disney that makes unique films each year and Pixar has to spend half their efforts on sequels. Films that are often of poor story quality; Cars 2, Monsters U.

Pixar is turning into DisneyToon-2. And they seem to have as much control over their own fates as DisneyToon. At some point, it will no longer make economic sense for Pixar to have their own studios. And then Pixar will be rolled into Disney. Only the name will be left for branding and marketing purposes. Unless Pixar gets spun off to have more creative freedom I don't see a way to stop the decline.

Update
I wasn't expecting so many people to see this short post. So let me add another point. Disney already has a second unit for handling sequels and spinoff films, DisneyToon. Pixar doesn't. Pixar has to do both the new original movies and handle to sequels that Disney demands. Pixar really needs it's own version of DisneyToon. As it is, Pixar is having to spend half their focus on the sequels.


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