Fri, August 5, 2005
The Incredibles and my Pixar stock—12:38 PM
All right, all right. I took a lot of glee from DreamWorks Animation's thrashing in the stock market after DVD sales for Shrek 2 fell below expectations, so I suppose turnabout is fair play. Yes, Pixar announced that the wildly popular DVD for The Incredibles was not as wildly popular as hoped, and yes their stock price dropped around 15%-18% (but it's hanging in there – it's even up today!).
But still, Darling Ben doesn't have to act so darn excited about it! (Pixar perf is nothing incredible [Variety]). Oooh, he hates Pixar so much! I'm going to see him tonight. Remind me to kick him in the teeth.
In happier news, my hunch that Eisner's ouster from the Mouse House would win back Pixar premier Steve Jobs seems boffo!
(God, that's tiresome to try to keep up; the point is, Pixar is apparently reconsidering extending its distribution partnership with Disney past next year's Cars, which is good news for both studios.)
"Darling Ben" — Wed, 8/10/05 12:56am
It's better than the headline I suggested: "Jobs bends over at Katzenberg and gets his ass pounded"
Your prediction about Eisner will be proven correct, but here's the real question: What happens to Toy Story 3 and other sequels Disney is making? Will Pixar participate? Will production shut down as part of the new deal?