Disney gets a Pixar-ization.
…their top priority is reviving Disney Animation Studios. From new offices to new talent, a new development process…
From Variety via The Animation Guild Blog:
Walking up the stairs of the Disney Animation Studios building, Ed Catmull talks about change.
“We took down as many walls as we could,” he says, showing off a bright and open second floor — a stark contrast to the narrow hallways and separate rooms on other floors.
Entering his modest office in a structure that only opened in 1994, he adds: “We are planning to build an entirely new building.”
There’s no hiding that the new president of Walt Disney Feature Animation thinks a radical shift is needed both physically and psychologically at the venerable toon unit, which has been struggling since the late ’90s.
–Fred
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