A Flash Developer Resource Site

Results 1 to 17 of 17

Thread: wait... Disney buys Pixar?

  1. 01-22-2006, 11:44 PM #1
    gerbick
    gerbick is offline
    supervillain gerbick's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2000
    Location
    undecided.
    Posts
    18,987

    wait... Disney buys Pixar?

    And the man that bought Pixar away from Lucasfilm for like 10 million just made 3.5 billion on this one deal... Steve Jobs just 20 years ago.

    holy damn.

    Read about it here...

    [ Hello ] | [ gerbick ] | [ Ω ]
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 01-22-2006, 11:49 PM #2
    gesteves
    gesteves is offline
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Apr 2001
    Posts
    269
    I just found Bs. 5000 ($2.33) in my pants pocket. Take that, Steve!

    Does this mean there will soon be a lot of Disney content at iTMS?
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. 01-22-2006, 11:49 PM #3
    mr_malee
    mr_malee is offline
    M.D. mr_malee's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2002
    Location
    Shelter
    Posts
    4,139
    3D miny mouse pron.
    lather yourself up with soap - soap arcade
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. 01-23-2006, 01:30 AM #4
    argonauta
    argonauta is offline
    poet and narcisist argonauta's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2001
    Location
    Under the bed
    Posts
    2,080
    The all-share deal will make Steve Jobs, the chief executive of Apple, around $3.5bn and the single largest shareholder in Disney.
    what does this mean? that Steve Jobs is selling Pixar, and by doing that, he owns Disney?
    my blog: blog.innocuo
    Sponsored by your mom.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  6. 01-23-2006, 01:41 AM #5
    Sybersnake
    Sybersnake is offline
    imagination through stupidity
    Join Date
    Apr 2001
    Location
    P3X-3113
    Posts
    1,238
    yea, i didn't get that either. i guess he's selling it for 7bn and getting 3.5bn + lots of disney shares.
    Nothing to see here, move along.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  7. 01-23-2006, 06:39 AM #6
    theallan
    theallan is offline
    Allan Jardine
    Join Date
    Dec 2000
    Location
    Turtle hunting
    Posts
    192
    He's selling Pixar to Disney, and in return is getting lots of dosh and plenty of shares. He will be the biggest single share holder, holding around 7% of Disney shares. He will not be a majority share holder - no control. But given that its Stevo you can bet he'll have plenty of clout anyway.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  8. 01-23-2006, 07:11 AM #7
    discs79
    discs79 is offline
    Cyber Tinker discs79's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2001
    Location
    Derby UK
    Posts
    172
    Well that could pixar stuffed for me... i can't stand disney... Mary Poppings my A**s... I really hope they just leave Bucky and the team to it...

    S
    Last edited by discs79; 01-23-2006 at 07:13 AM.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  9. 01-23-2006, 09:46 AM #8
    garion1
    garion1 is offline
    Senior Learner garion1's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    South Africa
    Posts
    483
    In light of this acquisition, Disney will be renaming Pixar's feature films to:

    1. Finding Pluto
    2. A Duck's Life
    3. Mouses Inc.
    4. Pooh Story 1 & 2
    5. The Incredible Einsteins
    "A day without laughter is a day wasted." - Charlie Chaplin
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  11. 01-23-2006, 12:15 PM #9
    WannaBe_80z
    WannaBe_80z is offline
    Senior Member WannaBe_80z's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2001
    Location
    over my shoes and under my hat
    Posts
    3,887
    Didn't Pixar just divorce Disney? and now they are being bought back as slaves? Steve is so money hungry it is crazy.
    "Let us declare nature to be legitimate. All plants should be declared legal, and all animals for that matter. The notion of illegal plants and animals is obnoxious and ridiculous."- T. McKenna
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  12. 01-23-2006, 01:07 PM #10
    gerbick
    gerbick is offline
    supervillain gerbick's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2000
    Location
    undecided.
    Posts
    18,987
    I wouldn't say it's Steve Jobs that's all that money hungry. Pixar brought Disney mad cash with each movie they made. Pixar wanted a new deal, Disney was full of ****, so Jobs and Co. bounced.

    Disney made the switch to 3D, and nobody noticed.

    [ Hello ] | [ gerbick ] | [ Ω ]
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  13. 01-23-2006, 01:43 PM #11
    TallGuyLittleCar
    TallGuyLittleCar is offline
    I Mastered Dead Technology TallGuyLittleCar's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2001
    Location
    looking for my lighter
    Posts
    669
    doesn't merchandising of toys etc, make more than the movies for both companies.
    ONLY RON PAUL AND ALUMINUM FOIL CAN SAVE YOU NOW!
    annoy your politician fairtax.org, a political forum

    Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabris, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  14. 01-23-2006, 07:15 PM #12
    PAlexC
    PAlexC is offline
    Retired SCORM Guru PAlexC's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2000
    Location
    NJ
    Posts
    1,387
    Heard an interesting bit on the radio the other week about the relationship between Pixar and Disney.

    Tim Burton, Brad Bird, and a bunch of Pixar folks were apparently the first class in an animation program that Disney funded and started at one of the Cali colleges when they realized their animators were starting to hit retirement age. Basically, the people who formed Pixar were supposed to be the next generation of Disney animators, and were trained by the old Disney guard. Pretty interesting, and now it looks like they've all come full-circle.
    "What really bugs me is that my mom had the audacity to call Flash Kit a bunch of 'inept jack-asses'." - sk8Krog
    ...and now I have tape all over my face.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  15. 01-24-2006, 12:54 AM #13
    stevietat
    stevietat is offline
    ~bleh~ stevietat's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2000
    Posts
    382
    Jobs didn't get money + Disney shares... he got Disney shares. Considering how Disney is worth about 50 billion, Jobs would have a 7% stake in Disney, so far from being a majority shareholder and taking over....But as the largest shareholder it will probably get him on the board of directors and such.

    I'm more annoyed to see this happen because I was hoping Pixar was finally rid of Disney. I don't doubt they'll continue to produce great work (all their past hits were done under Disney) but I was hoping to see what they could do without having to follow the Disney guidelines in terms of movie content.

    I can only hope that perhaps this is the start of a turn around from the creative hole Disney has run itself into. At least Eisner is out of the picture, and getting pixar back shows that the new CEO Robert Iger has some common sense.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  16. 01-24-2006, 08:47 PM #14
    Genesis F5
    Genesis F5 is offline
    Senior Member Genesis F5's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2002
    Location
    Unallocated memory
    Posts
    1,845
    Well, CNN finally got wind of the story. Either that, or they were putting the finishing touches on this:



    link

    Who says watching the news can't be fun.
    [ welcome to flash kit ] [ forum rules ] [ footer rules ]
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  17. 01-24-2006, 10:19 PM #15
    argonauta
    argonauta is offline
    poet and narcisist argonauta's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2001
    Location
    Under the bed
    Posts
    2,080
    who did that? flashkid? they need better photoshopers!
    my blog: blog.innocuo
    Sponsored by your mom.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  18. 01-24-2006, 10:37 PM #16
    gerbick
    gerbick is offline
    supervillain gerbick's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2000
    Location
    undecided.
    Posts
    18,987
    *submits résumé*

    [ Hello ] | [ gerbick ] | [ Ω ]
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  19. 01-24-2006, 11:41 PM #17
    PAlexC
    PAlexC is offline
    Retired SCORM Guru PAlexC's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2000
    Location
    NJ
    Posts
    1,387
    Funny, iTunes just put up a bunch of old Disney shorts. Lots of animal stuff. Same reason Pixar does shorts, to try stuff out and to learn. Amazing how Pixar is more like Disney used to be than Disney is.

    Might have to make my first iTunes video purchase for Brave Little Tailor.
    "What really bugs me is that my mom had the audacity to call Flash Kit a bunch of 'inept jack-asses'." - sk8Krog
    ...and now I have tape all over my face.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules



Click Here to Expand Forum to Full Width

HTML5 Development Center