I actually liked the Lilo & Stitch stuff they did. And Aladdin. While not the same as the theatrical features, they felt more like TV-episodes with feature length.
One of the articles mentioned that Disney claimed it had nothing to do with Lasseter leaving Disney. I'm not sure if I buy it. He was the one keeping DisneyToon alive with the fairies and Cars spin-offs. He was apparently obsessed with the voice actresses in the Tinker Bell series, and everybody are aware of his obsession with Cars and other talking vehicles.
I'm curious if the movie they were working on, which would include contact with aliens, were in actual production. If it was, it would be a waste of money if they did all that work for nothing.
https://ohmy.disney.com/news/2017/07/14 ... ated-film/
Believe us when we say the Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios panel at D23 Expo was one of the most epic things we have ever seen in our lives. The panel was hosted by chief creative officer of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios John Lasseter, who’s literally the best human.
Lasseter told us in the panel that the team at Disneytoon Studios has been working really hard to create a new film to celebrate the next horizon and the progress we’ve made to push towards the furthest edges of aviation.
As it was mentioned elsewhere, the studio would have been an excellent place for experimentation. Their movies were cheaper and they didn't have to relate to any specific release date. Too bad they didn't use the opportunity.
It was a small studio, and by closing it only the larger ones remains. And that can sometimes be a problem.
Floyd Norman:
Visiting Pixar Animation Studios in 1997 was much different than what you'd experience today. The studio was located in a non-descript industrial park in Point Richmond, California. The little town could easily have been a set for "The Twilight Zone," because the town looked as though it had somehow been stuck in the nineteen fifties, and couldn't find its way out.
I don't think the townspeople had any idea Pixar even existed. Athough some might have wondered what the kids who wandered the streets did for a living. Each day, young people walked the quiet streets and frequented the restaurants and coffee shops at lunch time. Then they made their way back across the railroad tracks and disappeared into a low slung industrial facility where they would not be seen until the next day.
Unlike slick and polished corporate Disney, the Pixar screening room had the look of a garage sale in progress. The room was filled with mis-matched sofas and chairs were usually cast-offs brought from home by studio employees. Not surprising, it was this special start-up vibe and creative energy that would propell the studio forward and in time, leave everyone, including Disney, in its wake.
Sadly, there’s no stopping progress and today Pixar Animation Studios feels slick, polished and as corporate as their producing partner to the south. Time marches on, and there is no way one can remain a start-up forever.
The DisneyToon studio was much smaller and appears to have had a different atmosphere:
https://babytoboomer.com/2014/04/01/dis ... dios-tour/
http://mattschnittker.blogspot.com/2011 ... udios.html
