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“Hey, Bob, I saw the movie you just released last night, and it sucked.”
Steve Jobs, as recalled by Disney CEO Bob Iger.
The entire Bloomberg Businessweek piece about how and why Disney bought Lucasfilm is great. Iger doesn’t get nearly enough credit yet, but he will. In a way, he reinvented and as a result, saved Disney.
Claude Brodesser-Akner:
Informed sources tell Vulture that Star Wars: Episode VII has found a leading candidate to write the film’s screenplay: Michael Arndt, the Pixar favorite who was nominated for an Oscar for Toy Story 3, won an Oscar for Little Miss Sunshine, and wrote The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, which is currently shooting. Insiders confirm that Arndt has written a 40- to 50-page treatment for the film and is likely to be at least one of the writers when the Disney/Lucasfilm project begins shooting in 2014.
Great news. Hopefully this is the beginning of an expansive Pixar/Star Wars talent share.
[via @panzer]
High-res
Whoa.
That’s about half of what Disney paid for Pixar nearly seven years ago.
And yes, apparently Star Wars Episode VII is coming in 2015.
Update: Here’s the release. Of note, Kathleen Kennedy, the current Co-Chairman of Lucasfilm, will become the president of the group within Disney. You may know her best as Steven Spielberg’s production partner throughout the years. The other key:
Ms. Kennedy will serve as executive producer on new Star Wars feature films, with George Lucas serving as creative consultant. Star Wars Episode 7 is targeted for release in 2015, with more feature films expected to continue the Star Wars saga and grow the franchise well into the future.
Begun, the post-Lucas Star Wars have.
