Pixar Chief: Fewer Sequels, More Originals
Ever since Pixar was acquired by Disney, there’s been a sense that the studio was floundering. Sure Toy Story 3 was amazing, the best in the series, but then there was Cars 2 and Monsters University. Finding Dory and Planes 1 & 2 are on the way in the next year. It was Cars 2, more than any film, that raised the question: Has Pixar lost its edge?
Apparently word got back to Emeryville because in an interview with BuzzFeed, Pixar Animation Studios President Ed Catmull had this to say:
“For artistic reasons … it’s really important that we do an original film a year,” says Catmull, who also serves as president of Walt Disney Animation. “Every once in a while, we get a film where we want or people want to see something continuing in that world — which is the rationale behind the sequel. They want those characters, which means we were successful with them. But if you keep doing that, then you aren’t doing original films.”
As long as those originals are more like Up and less like Brave, then we may see a much needed renaissance at Pixar.
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