The main driving force remains John Lasseter, its Hawaiian shirt-toting chief inventive officer who’s been at its helm for twenty years. His relationship with Disney was revived in 2006 when they bought Pixar, and he has subsequently advised on every animated Disney characteristic from Wreck-It Ralph to current cult kiddie hit, Frozen. When the lockdown eases cinema-goers will initially be spoiled with a glut of accomplished blockbusters that have had their launch dates placed on maintain, from Disney’s Mulan to James Bond’s No Time To Die.
But a significant break in TV and movie production, coupled with a new world of considerations about live motion filming, may fuel a boom in demand for animation and particular-effects led films and exhibits. The convoluted set-up is mostly an excuse to cram the movie with rapid-fireplace jokes, comic e-book allusions, and dream-like imagery that puts the rubbery CGI of most up to date … Read More
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