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Posted By: Dreadnought, 1/12/2024 1:42:47 PM

Disney-owned Pixar, the animation studio behind blockbuster franchises “Toy Story,” The Incredibles” and “Finding Nemo,” is set to slash jobs, according to reports. The studio has “completed production on some shows and now has more staff than it needs,” Reuters reported on Friday, citing an anonymous source. TechCrunch had reported earlier this week that Pixar will chop headcount by as much as 20% this year, reducing staffing to roughly 1,000 from the current 1,300 that work for the studio. However, the anonymous source disputed that number, saying the studio had yet to determine how many will jobs will be cut, but added that the layoffs were “imminent.” Disney and Pixar did not immediately

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Dreadnought 1/12/2024 1:45:07 PM (No. 1634816)
Pixar died when John Lassiter was was "me too'd" (he's a hugger) and forced out in a studio coup d'etat. Lassiter (consider the most consequential animator since Walt Disney) immediately landed at Skydance. The core talent at Pixar (including Brad Bird) followed him to Skydance. "Lightyear" is an example of what the politically purged studio produces (and the key crew that was run off are considered center-left.) Skydance is run by Larry Ellison's son and is in the initial stages (with the help of investors such as Larry Ellison) of trying to acquire Parmount by way of National Amusements. They are the studio behind Mission Impossible and Reacher so they are quite capable of resisting the woke impulse.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: cThree 1/12/2024 1:52:19 PM (No. 1634821)
It's a start.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Cindiana 1/12/2024 2:16:07 PM (No. 1634835)
Great, but it should be from the top down.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: DVC 1/12/2024 2:32:34 PM (No. 1634841)
Put out the Perverts 'R Us videos and nobody will buy tickets. When I heard that these pukes had turned Buzz LIghtyear in to a homosexual....not a chance I'll go. I was involved in computer graphics when it was literally being created in the early 1980s. I had a chance to attend a presentation by and spend some leisure time with one of the founders of Pixar before they even created the company. Interesting guy, innovative ideas about using computer graphics for animation work. We were using computer graphics for engineering simulation analysis results, and they were using the same basic technology for entertainment. He made hundreds of millions....I didn't. But, that's fine, I had some really interesting times with my engineering work.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: snowoutlaw 1/12/2024 5:06:32 PM (No. 1634900)
Its all CG anyway. Its not like some artist is drawing each frame.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: udanja99 1/12/2024 6:59:53 PM (No. 1634973)
Gee, that’s too bad.
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