Animating Pixar | Selling or Selling Out | 4
Business Movers
Wondery
4.7 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 24 November 2022
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Ed fights to preserve Pixar’s autonomy and revitalize Disney Animation after a merger between the studios.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, prime members, you can listen to business movers, add free on Amazon Music. Download the app today. |
| 0:23.0 | It's October 2005 in Palo Alto, California. |
| 0:28.0 | Ed Katnell rings the doorbell of a 1930s tutor-style home in one of the city's sleep-y residential neighborhoods. |
| 0:35.0 | A few seconds later, the door swings open, revealing Steve Jobs and his classic black turtleneck and blue jeans. |
| 0:42.0 | Ed smiles as Steve welcomes him inside. |
| 0:45.0 | Ah, come on in, Ed. Dinner's almost ready. |
| 0:49.0 | As Ed steps inside the foyer, he can tell him by the look on Steve's face that he has something on his mind. |
| 0:55.0 | Before we eat, though, let's uh, let's go to the living room. Have a chat. I have something I want to run by you. |
| 1:01.0 | Well, good something, I hope. Or did you just lure me here under the guys of a nice dinner to soften the blow of some bad news? |
| 1:08.0 | Well, I suppose it depends on how you spin it. I think it's good. I hope you do too, eventually. |
| 1:15.0 | Ed follows Steve to the living room and sits down on one of the sofas. But Steve stays standing. |
| 1:21.0 | Ed watches, curious, as Steve begins to pace back and forth around the room, gearing himself up to deliver whatever this news is. |
| 1:29.0 | Alright, well, Ed, here's the short of it. I'm thinking of selling Pixar to Disney. |
| 1:34.0 | Ed's mouth falls open. You-you're what? Have you just forgotten the last 18 months? |
| 1:41.0 | Disney's trying to rip our characters away from us. Need I remind you that Circle 7 is still up and running? |
| 1:48.0 | They created an entire studio dedicated to making sequels of our movies without us. |
| 1:53.0 | I mean, as we speak, they're preparing to put Toy Story 3 into production without any input from us. |
| 2:00.0 | How could we join them? How? |
| 2:02.0 | Well, you're right, it sounds crazy. And I know that. I even felt the same way at first, but Circle 7 was Michael Eisner's doing. |
| 2:09.0 | And I'm dealing with Bob now. For years, Pixar had struggled to work with Disney under his former CEO, Michael Eisner. |
| 2:17.0 | But earlier this month, Disney appointed its chief operating officer Bob Eiger as the company's new CEO. |
| 2:23.0 | And so far, Bob has made it very clear that he would run Disney differently than his predecessor. |
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