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January two thousand six disney animation, studios, burbank, california, pixar president egg cadmium,
those that facilities manager onto the basement floor it's early morning
studios, deserted
The facilities manager leads cat more through the rows of desks belonging to disney's animators down
years, mostly animators the exam,
you'd have offices are all on the top floor: cadmium,
fears at the desks as they stroll passed there all neat tidy and
it's anonymous and there no personal belongings were signs of individuality anywhere.
In that worries, cadmium,
Disney announced is take over a pixar yesterday as part of the deal catwoman
Our creative chief, John lassiter, now also run disney's troubled animation studio, so
admirals here, to assess the scale of the challenge they ve taken on cat molten,
now to the facilities manager in our pixel
everybody gets to personalize their workspace. Therefore,
family photos, toys, knick, knacks, the vessel
these manager shrugs different folks.
Strokes? I guess cat mall isn't so sure this is supposed to be a place of creative.
a dream factory where animators bring stories to life to delight moviegoers. Instead, this place feels lifeless
it presses the facilities manager again. Oh come
you're telling me the animators. Here. Don't want to personalize their desks no way
some policy against it. The facility
manager looks embarrassed.
This new policy against it, it sir,
and the truth is. Everyone was told, a clear their desks ahead of your visit to make you a ladder. No, you know I make a good impression cat mo
Reassured to him. This attempt to impress
reveals that disney animation is a studio driven by fear this terror.
Of making mistakes that their worried. What will happen if their new boss hates day core camels
backs this play it safe. Culture is suffolk,
and creativity, and the reason why disney is making animated movies that leave audiences unmoved,
as cat more continues, his tour
He sees more and more signs of cultural decay, disney animation, lower.
massive ceilings. Secretarial
cubicles, arrange like barricades in front of the executive, sweet
and regime where senior executives constantly? Second guess every created decision, but
admiral, believes he and lasted or can fix disney stricken studio, and if they can
dream works is gonna need more help than shreck to keep up with the house of mouse.
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business wars,
on the last episode disney and dream works when all in on computer animation disney bought pixar and this dogma,
get punished. Dream works for its overblown sales projections now pixar
ed cat moorland. John lassiter are
to resuscitate disney animation and amp up the com.
the pressure on dream works, and that means
works need some new moves to stay and contention. This is
episode for onward and upward
for two thousand six disney animation studios. California, disney
our co director John lassiter strolled into the meeting room,
he's wearing a hawaiian sure covered in khartoum dogs and clutching a cup of coffee,
everyone how you all doing ohio job, very good. Actually, nice shirt, jack
the disney staff in the room smile at last. Most of them
to the team working on disney's upcoming movie american dog behind
their smiles, their braced for a bruising american die
will be the first test of whether pixar can rejuvenate disney animation, but at its most
and test greening the ADI,
scale. The movie a big thumbs down so
ass. It is called in disney animations most experienced filmmakers to help the american dog team review the movie.
figure out ways to make it better
takes hours, use this approach for years. The theory is that
he's candid meetings held the filmmakers solve problems with their movies. Ethics are
This advisory group is called the brain trust disney they're, calling
The story, trust
sitter, sits down and sipped his coffee. He wants to
he's the disney crew into the unfamiliar story, trust process. So he starts sugar
Cutting the situation now kay
test, greening wasn't gray, but there are positives.
Core idea of a dog,
it doesn't realize he's a tv show actor in so he believes is on screen. Superpowers are real. That's me right
That's your emotional depth right there. He has to this
for who he really is after discovering his whole world was a lie right.
this new team exchanges glances their confused. They
that their movie sucks so wise, lassiter telling them it doesn't. Lassiter sipped his coffee again he's got thoughts on how to fix american.
But he doesn't want to issue orders the story,
trust, is supposed to be about the team figuring out the solutions themselves. He looks at the team. So what do you think
can we make this movie better
seem doesn't know what to say. They thought
American dog needed major changes.
at last. It seems to think it's ok,
them want to challenge his assessment after all, disney just pay
several billion dollars for pixar in large part, so
could get lasher to shake up disney animation
NI employees offer superficial suggestions.
acid or leaves the meeting disappointed. He
The story, trust approach would ignite change. Disney,
after years of being overruled by senior executives
disney's animators, are wary of voicing their own opinions?
and changing that culture will take time.
American dog doesn't have
disney's already inked, promotional and merchandising deals worth tens of millions of dollars based on american dog being released and fall. Two thousand eight
Delaying the movie isn't adoption so with the clock
Kicking lassiter seizes control and orders a total reboot. The movie it'll now be called bolt.
and will be rebuild from scratch in just eighteen months and alma.
Nothing from the original version will survive, but bolts, not
only project causing concern inside disney
june twenty seventh, two thousand seven, the car. My
Fifteen movie, theater rally north carolina in the future,
a disney researcher checks, her watch, it reads
Eight forty eight p m. She turned to her colleagues
it is almost over
time. She entered
van out across the boy you their armed with clear
words and ready to record the views of the moviegoers who just watched in early screening of pixar latest movie ratatouille ride
who egos nation wide in two days time and disney sweating bullets about it. A film
One hundred fifty million dollars to make but move
is about rats, have a poor track record last ball.
works released, its own rat movie flushed away, and
one hundred six million dollars disappear down the drain.
that's not the only problem. Most
americans are unfamiliar with the french dish. They gave ratatouille its name so much so
the disney's having to use the movies posters to teach people how to pronounce it emerged,
rising strategies, the end grew to six
movie. Cars delivered billions of dollars in toys sales.
to a he doesn't lend itself to merchandising deals.
These plans to sell ratatouille branded wine fell apart after accusations that it would encourage underage drinking and if that wasn't bad enough, dream works, shreck,
third came out. Last month,
and audiences are still packing sentiments to see it so disney
resorted to hosting hundreds of advanced screenings ratatouille across the nation in an attempt to be
some buzz about pixar story of our rat- that cooks,
The screen, doors open and people pour into the foyer among them two parents, a couple of kids into that was great. I know who'd have thought you could make a rat cute.
The disney researcher steps forward, clipboard at the ready excuse me I'm doing reach
Four disney
spare moments. You share your thoughts on ratatouille only of its quick. You know it's past bed time for these little ones. Just two questions. First, on a scale of one to ten.
How much did you enjoy the movie?
I see a nine, and would you recommend,
actually to your friends and family one hundred percent. In fact,
I like to see it again. The recent
you're smiles, it seems like the
and screening plan might just work, but it's
tough sliding for ratatouille. Despite critical acclaim, it's over
we can haul forty seven million dollars
is the lowest were pixar movie since a bugs life nine years earlier, but why
America struggles with ratatouille there
to the world embraces it.
End of its worldwide box office run rather too, we will have our earned.
monsters ink
and the incredible, but that's not enough,
beat dream works
past three years, dream works, animated movies of gross more than disney and pixar combined.
It's not about to change.
Two thousand seven dream world
releases to animated features, track. The third and lean
together they generate box office revenues of one point: one billion dollars disney picks.
in the year three hundred million dollars behind
but disney hopes. Two thousand eight will turn the tide engine
dream works and pigs. Argo head to head for box office glory dream
works throws the first puncture with help from an unlikely hero: PO, the kung fu, panda, stairs
jack black go ahead. Panda shows what you can do,
are they gonna watch or should I just wait until I get back to work or summer just hit it
He read the feel of thunder
It's crazy, but you do but crazy. I'm a blur on alert. You never seen bear style. Would you ask that everybody
It was you. I was born, ready, kung, fu panda hit hard.
earning sixty million dollars in its opening weekend, but three,
weeks later, pixar strikes back with its robot wrong, come wally
wins the critics boat and narrowly beats kung fu pandas opening home, but
summer continues: kung fu panda pulls ahead, eventually earning one hundred thirty million dollars more than wildly at the global box office at thanksgiving.
Rivals get back in the ring dream
roads out. It's second madagascar, disney fires back with boat,
we're here, dog tail, originally known as american dog, but
one sided fight. Magic
A scar escape to africa is about
office, beast that generates more than three times the money both does dream works.
And two thousand eight as the box office channel for the fifth year running, but
It's on top right now dream works is worried about the future late two thousand eight dream works
Video then they'll, California, in the screening room, dream work, see yo Jeffrey Katzenberg watches as a group of movie theater eggs.
Gives put on heavy plastic glasses there.
About to get a preview of dream. Works next movie monster
versus aliens. What they're really
here for is to see what dream works can do with the tec. Katzenberg believes will transform the future of film three d on the screen.
aboard worker. At a? U f, o monitoring station plays with a paddle
The movie theater executives recoil as the worker wax the ball so that it pops out of the screen towards it soon after
wow by the side of a secret government facility. That seems to stretch four miles into the distance
and then gas is the movies four hundred foot tall heroes. Susan towers over.
it's in burg, smiles at their reactions. His
This strategy depends on them being impressed after the preview cats
europe stands in front of the screen and paints a vision of three d movies as the future until now
He'll makers have only been able to effect the audience using two of the five senses hearing incite through
the changes that this will be as
and format cinemas move from silence to sound and from
I can white to color so
The older executives look doubtful. They expire
it's too short lived. Three d movie fads already a him
is ready to back up his claims with a compelling business case.
Our industry needs three d in the past decade
movie admissions fell nine percent. How many
you're theatres will survive that continues no
in response. They know,
long term outlook for cinemas is in great
The internet is moving entertainment of all kinds and homes and in a pocket and is more people
in access to movies on demand at home. Well, it's only going to get
arthur to pack the multi plexus katzenberg move
the pitch three d. As the solution might be
if its three d will bring people back to the theatres and allow
you to charge more particular. We believe people will pay
two five dollars more for a three day experience one of the executives interrupt
writing to three day. Isn't she to justify them?
We need a robust supply, a big three d movies. Yes, and that's
I, starting with monsters, verses aliens, all dream, work
movies will be three d
And other studios or following our disney
Pixar is also now committed to three d. The movies are coming
it's time for you to get ready to show them the exam.
Did you sleep feeling warmer about the idea of investing in treaty tech?
Katzenberg needs them to move fast.
Dvd sales are collapsing and dream works needs a new income stream to make up that shortfall. Unlike disney, it doesn't
tv channels or theme parks to fall back on its animated features, failed to thrive,
cats, Katzenberg hopes his early embrace of three d to shore.
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The.
Its march, two thousand nine and dream
It's monsters. Vs aliens is about to become the first big budget. Three d movie to reach theaters
Watch twenty seven. Thirteen now with me. Only one movie has an alien going to take that alien down seriously and a monster. Sillage whoa that was cool, get ready for a three d comedy guys
I got a monster proportion
we worked monsters, verses, alien march, twenty seventh, lgbt dreamer,
spent one hundred. Seventy five million dollars creating monsters versus aliens make
yet the studios most expensive production yet, but the company,
Confident that it will match kung, fu pandas performance and makes
fifty million over its first weekend but drew
works, distributor, paramount, isn't
sure paramount
executives predict. The movie will only manage fifty million dollars.
After all, there are only two thousand and three d ready screens in america's movie, theatres and now the moment of truth is here:
monsters versus aliens scores being from the gig its first week.
and generates fifty nine million dollars and ticket sales and takes the record for the highest
grossing reedy movie so far, but it
time. On top is brief, two months
Later pixar releases its first reading movie,
An shatters dream works record with an opening. We can take up sixty eight million, and is this
were continued up, only
extends its lead as monster
his verses aliens, mad magazine style, humours struggles to connect with audiences outside america by the time
movies. Leave the cinemas
made almost three times more money than monsters, verses aliens and become pixel,
his biggest hit since finding nemo
in stream. Works has no other movies ready for release in two thousand nine disney pixel
reclaims its status,
hollywood's animation, chance that fall disney.
Look set to ram home its advantage with the first disney animation future they created.
If John lassiter is overseen from start to finish,
These friday experienced the motion picture time magazine cause us to finish. My whole says the process of approving these beautiful funny. These again, the best disney booby since the lion is the classic princess of the broad leading to the bridge
This and the frog is builders disney animations come back, it entered
since disney's. First black princes tiana
and revives the hand drawn musical style that powered the studios nineties heyday
dead of driving. It provokes in theatres
On its first weekend, the princess and the frog earns just twenty five million dollars. It's one of them
weakest openings of a major animated feature in years, and what
week later. J
Cameron's blockbuster avatar roads into theatres and everyone, for
at about disney's new animated feature, early twenty
ten disney animation, studios, burbank california,
in a meeting room, a post mortem on what went wrong with the princess, and the fraud is under way. The movie with super
to restore disney animation to its former glory. Instead, it only scraped a profit thanks too tight cost control.
It's also prove that four years on from buying pixar
disney animations turnaround. Still
has a ways to go. I disney
Getting executive shares his take on what went wrong with it
this before release putting the word princess in the title narrowed the appeal for it:
else in young boys me says the movies. Only for little girls disney pixar co director
cattle and john lassiter look humbled. They ignore
marketing, teams, warning and insist:
that equality movie was all that was needed to attract abroad. Audience cadman responds in retrospect.
That was a mistake. The marketing executive looks please
disney animations next movie- will be responsible and braided and market
What's it renamed, so young boys are put off so
Can we change the name from Rapunzel and on braided to tangled lassiter nods yeah tangle? It is another member. The team asked a question
Do we think making the princess and the fraga musical was a problem anime
features. Rarely do that anymore. Who is a little little bit nineties lassiter shakes his head
No, I think animated musicals can still work.
Disney, animation, general manager, andrew milky, interjection
Yes, I agree, but I do think using handwriting animation was a mistake lassiter in cattle glance, each other.
They were the ones who reverse disney's decision to abandon traditional animation at pixar. They might have
pioneered animations move into the computer age, but they never
wanted to make hand drawn animation obsolete. They both believed
These struggles were entirely about the quality of the stories, not what animation technique used milton
press home is point this dual approach:
which is confusing the studio our peoples
oh. If disney animation is about hand drawn or computer animation, cadmus leaned forward,
Can it be both male steam shakes his head
so our animators wanna make cd movies. They want to use the latest techniques they want to live in.
ash they want to build on the heritage of disney animation, not be attributed to the heyday walt disney
cat molen lassiter nods slowly,
the cold, hard truth sinks in the princess in the free.
was supposed to restore traditional animation disney instead is just
firm that the world's moved on
it's time to studio, stop looking to the past and embrace the future, but, while disney reef,
this is the pressures growing on dream works
find some way to keep pace with its larger rival.
its february. Twenty dwell
outside the JW marriott hotel in downtown l. A several
people are protesting against the chinese government suppression of people on tibet, the man they want to hear their protest is china's
as president she's in pain,
These deep inside the hotel attending a luncheon thrown in his honour by californian politicians, and you
as vice president Joe Biden
she's in the? U s to discuss various trade disagreements.
Today there is a breakthrough to an out after you,
of diplomatic dueling china's
to allow more? U s movies, to be shown in the country and to give him
would studios a larger cut of ticket sales.
She stands before the bigwigs attending the luncheon and smiles proclaiming
his visit, a big success and pledge
that china will accept imports from the. U s
the audience claps Hollywood's chomping at the bit to get into china, the chinese.
Office might only be worth two point: one billion dollars, but its growing fast,
on track to one day replace america as the world's number one moving market, but the man
said to be. China's next leader also has another deal to one veil. You now,
is the creation of oriental dream works. A joint venture,
we dream works and three state controlled chinese companies as part of the deal
oriental. Dreamworks will build a studio in shanghai to create movies for china and the rest of the world. As she
praises the deal audience,
members glance over to where dream work? Ceo, Jeffrey Katzenberg, is sitting smiling
years engineering. The three hundred thirty million dollar deal to form oriental dream works and it said to give dream works
your edge in China, because
while its rivals will still need to convince the chinese government to release their movies. Oriental dream works.
enjoy the same favourable treatment that china's own film makers get an Katzenberg knee
It's that access has been
Greedy movies hasn't paid off paid. Now
we have three d is already wearing off and disney pigs.
Neutralize dream works first to market advantage, I filling theatre,
with three d, enhanced versions of toy story and the lion king, so
hunting, high and low for new revenue streams to help dream works, hold its own against disney sprawling media empire in the months that follow catch him
strikes deal after deal in an attempt to strengthen dream works position
He secures a more favourable distribution. Deal then
work steps up production, so it can release five movies every two years and get it
Javert disney pixar which produces for next.
Company pays one hundred fifty five million to buy classic media. The owner of hunger
The family tv shows, including
droopy body in sherman, lassie, castle,
the friendly, goes after that
works, buys you tube content, creator, awesomeness tv and starts making cartoons for netflix
with Katzenberg stretch, thin making deals and the studio
working flat out to produce more animations than ever dream
starts to deliver as many, mrs as it does heads
in november, two thousand and twelve. It's movie rise of the guardians, flops and forces, and eighty seven million dollar write down in February two thousand and thirteen
the studio cancels work on a movie called me, and my shadow leading to lie
offs and another for
de four million dollar loss than in summer. Twenty thirteen.
dream works. Releases. Turbo
but its tail of a super fast snail gets squishy by pixar monsters, university and universal and eliminations despicable me to turbo
becomes dream works, lowest earning movie, since two thousand six is flushed away and leave
the company sixteen million dollars poorer and its problems
about to intensify because
In burbank the average
restore disney animation. Studios are finally about to pay off,
does dream works of feel the chill.
It's late, twenty thirteen
and it feels like the entire world singing the same song.
That song is let it go. It's the leads.
From disney animations, new movie frozen and theirs
escape?
every minute, more and more videos of people building out, let it go flood the internet,
The
that guy
and all their bag Annie
and
and
and
the
John
Let it go sing along craze began two weeks after frozen release when disney's marketing team posted the entire scene, featuring the song on youtube and with every new viral video, more and more tickets to see frozen or so
In january, twenty forty frozen
places, the lion king as disney's highest earning animated movie and the buzz
is still growing march. Twenty fourteen remain
california in the disney animation building its party time for the studios. Eight hundred employees yes
frozen box office earnings pass the billion dollar
few hours later, the movie clinches two ask best anime
feature and best song
as the employees wash down their snow cones with champagne and beer studios leadership team takes the stage disney pixar.
Created. Chief John lasted grabs the microphone and he
smile is a mile wide. You know when did
They bought pixar eight years ago and put at an eye in charge of disney animation. There was talk of closing this place.
he said not our watch, and I bet
right now, they're glad that we did the last of the passes, the mic to disney animation, general manager, Andrew Milstein. I remember that we weren't in a good place. Then the fear was
Maybe we were just to broken to fix
Well, we weren't, we put our trust in you are animators are artists. Our people,
and you prove that that was the right call. The employees cheer. Then the woman of the hour jennifer lee co director of frozen, takes the mike. You now
there's a line in the song fixer upper from the movie. That sums
the journey we ve all been on together far better than I can t
make bad choices if their matter scared or stressed
throw a little love their way and you'll bring out their best. That's
What happened in our studio
only brought out our best.
The room wars in turkey,
times is Jeffrey. Katzenberg got ousted in ninety. Ninety four disney animation is virus
all cylinders
summer, two thousand and fourteen frozen will have earned one point: two billion dollars at the box office
Come the highest grossing animated feature ever made,
while disney animations on the rise to rivals that threatened to make it obsolete.
the slide
Pixar movie for twenty fourteen was supposed to be the good dinosaur, but it's in big trouble.
its story, isn't up to snuff, but with
acid or now credited is the genius behind pixar as unbroken record of success and the resurrection of disney animation
No one within pixar dare to tell him
the time lassiter woke up to the good dinosaurs flaws. The owner
answer was to delay its release until late twenty fifteen. So the team can fix it,
Twenty fifteen only brings more bad news for pixar enjoy
in twenty fifteen inside out becomes the first pixar picture not to top the box office rankings, then just before thanks.
giving the good dinosaur finally numbers into cinemas and is met with luke.
Reviews and soft ticket sales. It's big tsars first flock but dream works, has troubles too
April twenty. Sixteen los angeles, California,
in his tesla model s dream work, ceo, Jeffrey Katzenberg cruises slowly down the traffic clog streets towards hollywood below
head turns read the sixth
five year old media, mobile groans and frustration at the stoplight
busy negotiating what is said to be the biggest deal of his life.
doesn't want to waste time sitting in traffic. The light turns green
Katzenberg accelerates, but as he and the rest of the traffic crawl towards the next junction likes turn red again, but then his phone rings, each exley
large touch screen display in the middle of his teslas dashboard, see who's calling its Brian Robert, the boss of comcast
cable giant that owns NBC universal Katzenberg answers,
Brian, I'm driving? So I can't talk for long. What can I do for you not just me, Steve bergs, also on the line.
katzenberg arches and eyebrow burke's this,
ceo of NBC universal,
and be see. Universal is a competitor
It owns elimination, the animation studio. This challenging both dream works and disney pixar with its despicable me, series ha hasty. So yeah worked. What can I do for you guys?
Roberts replies we're here, you're that you're about to sell dream works to some chinese investors that true it is.
Katzenberg been trying to sell during works for two years and
because ream works isn't just battling disney pixar anymore in peace.
universal sony,
warner an paramount, or else
chasing the billions to be made from animated movies
this year alone, dream works. Movies must hold their own against eight competing features from the big hollywood studios.
all these rivals or conglomerates with diverse business interests.
can shrug off a box office bomb like the good dinosaur dream, works, tat so,
in burg, is looking to sell to a buyer who can strengthen its hand katzenberg fee
His deal maker instincts kick in. Its call could
a golden opportunity.
rumours, true roberts, doesn't skipper beat so you open a counter offers.
Well, you pay more than the chinese
the dream, work stock price, but you'll have to really
control. I know, that's been a deal breaker.
in the past, but not having control is a deal breaker for me, Katzenberg smiles!
Ok for the right price, I'll seed control
Well then, my team and I will fly to l a tomorrow but spend the weekend talking.
see we make this happen that weaken
comcast and dream works. Top executives, shuttle from hotel sweets to law, offices to dream works, studio complex to Katzenberg
beverly, hills, mansion to hammer,
a deal.
In seven days later they got one comcast. Will
three point: eight billion dollars to make dream works. The second animation studio owned by NBC universal for katzenberg,
it's a four hundred million dollar payday and
his thirty year run as power player in animation during that time,
Katzenberg was defining force and animated movies. He led,
is the animation into its ninety. His palm gave pixar it's big brother.
Can use dream, works to shatter disney's iron grip on the animated movie market,
The deal also means disney's no longer fighting for animated movies, glory against an independent studio. Its
up against an equal amount
he a conglomerate that just like disney owns.
tv channels, theme parks and, more and now just like disney
NBC, universal scott to world class animation houses under its wing dream works,
and elimination,
as twenty seventeen draws to a close, there's more
bad news for disney on its way? While he is the gene
behind blockbuster films, like toy story and frozen now, pixar chief john lassiter is apologizing for sexual misconduct and he announced
taking leave of absence kpi excise is east timor
so our headquarters in m reveal forest tonight susie. What alan women told the hollywood reporter that they used to look out for John lassiter is hugs. They said if you didn't turn your head away at the right time,
and he would end up kissing you on the lips. The sixty year old lassiter is the reports of honour
touching and last hitters time at disney, pixar after it
investigations into the report's disney
The Robert Eiger concludes that lasted, cannot return. Lassiter, provide
The creative spark than transport pixar from a technology company into
These studio and helping
disney animation back into another golden age, but now he's left in disgrace
soon after pixar seventy three year old, co, founder and cat bull announces he's retiring at the end of
when a eighteen,
in the wake of the departures, disney picks monsters. Ink director, PETE doctor
to become pixar new chief creative officer and for
in co director Jennifer Lee becomes creative chief at disney animation.
It's the end of the era,
the fathers of computer. Animated movies are gone, but the leg
we Jeffrey Katzenberg egg catalogue.
John lassiter answer.
jobs remained together.
They dragged animated pictures into the computer rage,
on movie, franchises from toy story and shreck to frozen in kung, fu, panda
imprinted themselves on the childhood memories
entire generations.
next time on business. Wars were bringing the animation world to live with entertainment, journalist, petrovna rather lovin show polygon and former
disney animation, exec andrew millstone,
is behind some of disney's biggest hits of the twenty tens, though miss it
for I am wondering this episode form disney pixar verses, dream works for business wars.
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