John Lasseter
‘Elemental’ Box Office Debacle: Pixar Movie Opens to Record-Worst $29.6M
Pixar’s movie about a rat with ambitions of becoming an acclaimed French chef started off its box office run at a slow simmer when opening to a less-than-flavorable $47 million in summer 2007. Pundits were quick to pronounce Pixar had botched the recipe in a rare miss. But skeptics were proven wrong when Ratatouille began […]
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#MeToo, Five Years Later: No One’s Fully Returned From “Cancellation” — No, Not Even Louis C.K. (Analysis)
Amid the torrent of accusations leveled against powerful Hollywood men in the frenzied first few months of the #MeToo era, industry observers often shared the same jaded expectation. Short of arrest or indictment, the thinking went, the accused would be back on their feet after a brief time-out and a few memory-cleansing news cycles, carrying […]
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‘Luck’ Review: Jane Fonda and Whoopi Goldberg Enliven Apple TV+’s Sweet, Familiar Animated Feature
A chronically unlucky woman teams up with a magical cat in hopes of turning her and her friend's fates around in this feature from Skydance Animation.
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John Lasseter’s Second Act
In early 2020 while preparing to direct Luck, Skydance Animation’s first feature film, Peggy Holmes met with some unlikely consultants on the story. The lead character in Luck, an unlucky yet indomitable young woman named Sam, has grown up in foster care, and so Holmes interviewed kids with similar experiences in Ventura County, California, to […]
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Producer Bill Damaschke on Bringing Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Moulin Rouge!’ to Stage
The former DreamWorks executive also recalls the studio's early days, his brief stint at Skydance Animation and the behind-the-scenes support for John Lasseter.
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Emma Thompson Writes Letter About Why She Wouldn’t Work With Lasseter on ‘Luck’
"It feels very odd to me that you and your company would consider hiring someone with Mr. Lasseter’s pattern of misconduct," the Hollywood actress wrote the movie's producers.
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Emma Thompson Exits Skydance’s ‘Luck’ After John Lasseter Hire (Exclusive)
Emma Thompson, who had begun recording one of the voice roles for the upcoming Skydance Animation feature 'Luck,' has left the project. Her decision grew out of concerns about working for John Lasseter, the new head of Skydance Animation.
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Women in Animation President: John Lasseter Hiring at Skydance “Weakens” Progress
Women in Animation president Marge Dean on Monday broke the organization's silence on last week's announcement regarding the hiring of John Lasseter by Skydance, warning that the hiring has "weakened" progress made during the past year in terms of addressing harassment in the workplace.
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John Lasseter’s Return to Hollywood Divides Animators: “I Wouldn’t Work at Skydance”
While John Lasseter's high-profile position could prompt women in animation to avoid working with Skydance, some in the industry believe the exec will be a recruiting boon, not a hindrance.
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Skydance’s John Lasseter Hire Could Cause Problems for Paramount
Skydance Media's surprise hire of ousted Disney animation chief John Lasseter could land Paramount Pictures in the crosshairs.
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Time’s Up, Women and Hollywood Blast Skydance for Hiring John Lasseter
Time's Up is saying the news that ousted Pixar and Disney Animation creative chief John Lasseter has been tapped to lead Skydance Animation "endorses and perpetuates a broken system that allows powerful men to act without consequence."
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John Lasseter to Head Animation for Skydance
John Lasseter, the former creative chief of Pixar and Disney Animation, has been named head of Skydance Animation, it was announced Wednesday by Skydance Media CEO David Ellison.
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