John Lasseter wasn't just an employee of Pixar, he was one of its founders. He was one of the people instrumental in forming a movie studio back when the Pixar computer was nothing more than R&D under Lucasfilm.

I have known several "huggers" in my professional career. All of them have been friendly people that come from the viewpoint that platonic and friendly contact like a hug is as normal as shaking hands. There is a big difference between someone who hugs and someone who gropes.

Klaus is the closest thing to a classic Disney animation. It's beautiful and heartwarming. If Netflix can make more of those, they will crush Disney

Can imagine the Lasseter haters cheering when it was announced that Skydance and Apple were splitting than fly into rage when they heard that Skydance was teaming up with Netflix.

Wow! That is a surprise. Netflix has been pushing to have it's own animation division for a long time. Hopefully Lasseter can draw some of the previous Pixar directors and creatives. Lasseter did have some that complained about him but the era of his work was Pixar at his best.

I believe John Lasseter was shown the door because he is a creative genius that stands head and shoulders above Iger. To produce that level of success, he needed to have control and no one but Iger can have control. So I believe he represented a threat to Iger and had to go.

John might be odd, but I've always respected his work. Netflix can go either way with the quality of their shows and films, but I'm all for this. I wanna see what he's going to do.

I wish him the greatest success.

John Lassiter was the contemporary Walt E Disney!! Love Disney loved the parks and the people He was woked out the door

Disney is its own worst enemy in all of this.

Disney is starting to realize that when you fire talented people like John Lasseter other companies will hire them to take there place at the top

My understanding of Disney is they have turned completely evil in anything they do. It is scary as shit.

Yes. I work in entertainment and everybody i know that's worked with Favreau says he's a class act and is great to work with.

Shame John Lasseter has left apple before he really had a chance to release anything that would show his talents. Only animation title we got under the Skydance umbrella was Luck, which sadly was a bit of a mess. I believe Brad Bird is still working on a passion project for Skydance, looking forward to seeing how that turns out I would like to see John Lasseter create some imaginative products for Netflix but sadly Netflix doesn't have the best track record, so it's hard to be optimistic

John Lassiter IS Disney, Pixar IS Disney, so are all the great animators and writers of the Disney 2D animation. They know what they are doing. They know what Walt and UB would love. They are the company not Bob Igor or any of these CEOs who really don’t get the culture and art of Disney. They need to run all their properties like/through Lassiter and the Pixar process.

I mean I don’t think you should have to accept hugs from someone if you don’t want to, but you know what you do in that case? You TALK to that person and tell them you don’t like hugs! You don’t sit on it til you want your 5 seconds of fame and then call that person a predator!

Toy Story 4 was the last Pixar film John Lasseter was credited in 2019. 2020-23 Pixar has put out garbage. Firing Lasseter was a huge mistake.

I miss John Lasseter at Disney and Pixar.

Netflix isn't as woke as Disney, but it's still woke. Anyone remember black Cleopatra or the disgusting "Cuties"?

Favreau and Lassiter will win in the end. Nice people in show business seem to have the most longevity because they don't burn bridges.

amazing that Disney would say goodbye to such a creative person, there's something else to this for sure. Because Netflix is even further to the left than Disney seemingly. Disney will regret this.

Apple: John! John! Please come back!

12:51 John Favreaux has an attitude of gratitude. He has expressed he is very fortunate in his life to be able to wake up and so what he loves. Hence, he does not waste time disparaging fellow actors. Because he started as a struggling actor. Now he makes millions and spends time with his family and working on projects he loves.

I hope Lassie works with the guy who directed Klaus for Netflix. If you haven’t seen that movie or have it in your regular holiday viewing, do it!! It’s a triumph of hand drawn animation and the type of thing Disney used to make in their sleep.

Disney ousting John Lasseter is like Nintendo canning Shigeru Miyamoto (creator of Mario and Zelda, Starfox and a bunch of Nintendo's classic IP) Forcing out the creative mind who made you billions of dollars (just because he has some issues with personal space) is the dumbest thing a company could do.

On the list of people maligned and pushed out of Disney, you can include: James Gunn, who may very well make the *only* profitable film for Disney this year before heading off to lead the competition (with Wish being the only possible exception at this point). True, it is possible that DC might have been able to lure Gunn regardless, but I doubt that Disney's actions did much to inspire loyalty. Gina Carano, who wasn't as important to Disney's plans as the others listed, but was important for me personally, as I read the Instagram post in question, saw how Disney PR described it, and really had an eye opening moment both in how Disney PR operates and how they were able to control the narrative in the entertainment press (what struck me most is that the Instagram post at issue was only a few words, yet even two page long articles about the news didn't include it). It also amazes me how often I see news articles after the fact call it a Twitter post. To be clear, I have no problem with folks who have quibbles with the post or those who want to argue that it was a last straw to exit her from the company. However, dragging her reputation through the mud and basically making her unhirable in Hollywood with a false narrative was completely unnecessary.

That's a shame about how Will Farrell treated Jon Favreau. It's like he's holding a grudge just because he's too stubborn to apologize.

Most studios fear genius.

disney will get the "old yeller" treatment behind the barn...

Where the talent go, there go success and John Lasseter should rocket his new organisation to the universe and beyond. Couldn’t wait for his new animation and imagination.

Disney will be fine. They have Jessica Gao, Rachel Zegler and the guy with the cowboy hat who identifies as male.

OUTSTANDING!

Maybe those womens are use to work at Pixar make those story up just to get rip of him

Pixar was only good and profitable when Lasseter was in charge and designing the films there. After he was kicked out, The last films he had headed were successful and then all the rest have been terrible failures. I strongly believe that Lasseter was kicked out because he always put quality of story and art ahead of any other agenda-- and he refused to bend the knee to Disney's corporate woke agenda to lower the quality of his films-- so Disney made up some stupid reason to kick him out. "Hugging" too much is not a reason to fire anybody-- that would be a visit to HR and some councelling classes tops. This was a corporate decision, and now Disney is paying the price for putting social politics ahead of making good films. I am only glad that a visionary genius like Lasseter has gone to a better company. Netflix has its own problems, but they are not nearly as bad as Disney right now.

I personally can't wait to see what he creates at Netflix!

Fascinating

I knew he looked familiar! Those tropical shirts were a dead giveaway. My dad loved the Jungle Cruise so we went multiple times in those years. I remember him being great at deadpan.

9:55 Chef is one of my favorite movies of all time. It’s such a great movie that you can feel, was made with love.

No mention in this episode of John's three (or more) Martini Lunches.

John Lasseter was the Stanley Kubrick of Pixar! If John saw something he thought didn't look right, was out of place, imperfect, or should be done and managed like this or that, he pulled no punches. He let everyone know straight up what should be fixed and what should remain. Lasseter was the kind of man who didn't shy away from perfectionism and always called out what needed to be done to get things back on the right track. However; unlike Kubrick who had a more 'abrasive' approach on perfectionism, Lasseter had more of a 'tough love' approach when it came to the films he green-lit into production!

This is great news

Yeah Apple just hasn't been able to get that Breakout Killer App Hit like Stranger Things/ Breaking Bad was to Netflix.

Netflix just won!

If Lasseter is still in Pixar, we’ll be having Cars 6 by now

Good for him.

Netflix seems to be focusing on getting quality over message these days. Sure they got that stuff as well, but they aren't really yelling about it from the rooftop anymore

They don't want Mr Lasseter cause they know he wouldn't put up with their BS. I believe he would have left eventually do to Disney's push in ESG.

I hope John Lasseter will help with Nelson Peltz.

So what animated feature will he produce, next?

hoping to see some theatrical and physical releases for these skydance films, I hate streaming. I saw luck because it was on the plane, i thought it was great

"Do you think Netflix will give up John Lasseter anytime soon?" Only in a pine box, Pro.

And now, thanks to Paramount’s merger with Skydance, John Lassiter is now in charge at the new Paramount.

I've seen the Lucky trailer. I looks like classic Lasseter but it's hidden on Apple TV. Too bad.

Dear Mr. Peltz, please find a creative genius while you are getting seats on the board. Thanks.

0:34, Goat of Pixar i grew up watching John Lassiter, its Pixar's lifeline until Ol Bobby Iger being a prune old man sucking the life of Pixar

You don't suppose that eliminating Lassiter was a condition that Iger had before he would agree to let Apple purchase Disney........ 🙄

Isn't it true that Skydance entered a non-exclusive distribution deal with Netflix? Skydance has produced series for both Netflix and Amazon recently.

Did Kou Know John Lasseter actually didn’t really help much behind the scenes on their first film Luck he would be Falling asleep at meetings to flat out not showing up and then changing everything without hearing the full story. At this point, John should probably just retire. I get the impression he only sticks around as a desperate attempt to reclaim his reputation.

Its a clear violation of the Clayton Act - BLK, SST, Vanguard (who own both boards) are cross leveling talent to prevent collapse of DIS.

Oh ho! I guess hugs don’t matter if you’re losing enough money. Lol lol lol.

What are the chances of Netflix buying Warner Bros. and ultimately acquiring DC? Imagine this crazy scenario while also now having John L . What about the likelihood of an ousted John F. joining a Netflix-owned DC….

Can somebody please treat Mr. Lasseter right?

I don’t know if John Lasseter has it still. His project with Apple was very lackluster

I want john puts out bob iger to save disney

What JL Leaving has done to Pixar? The word you're looking for would be "Gutted" or something very close to it. Maybe "Throwed down and stomped on." has a better more visceral connotation to it. Wherever he goes I wish him the grand successes that his talent and sensitivity certainly entitle him to enjoy.

Lol, imagine if Netflix next year puts out a solid entertaining beautiful looking animated movie that receives over 90% audience and critic score 😆. And call it “ Hugs” 😅

Rich Moore? Of Futurama fame?

Apple owns skydance…..not netflix…..

Genius leads to fantastic achievements and if folks let them, they can create magic. But it takes only a couple knuckleheads to derail it.

The Will Ferrell story doesn't surprise me. I have a friend that lives by the Hamptons and has seen Will around town multiple times and told me, "He's a total dick."

Why did he leave Apple?

What did Lasseter produce for Apple?

JOHN LASSETER NEVER WORKED FOR APPLE. PLEASE STOP SAYING HE DID. Lasseter works for SkyDance, which had a production deal with Apple. That is VERY different than being an Apple employee. And when he worked for Pixar and Steve Jobs, that company was independent of both Apple and Disney (until Disney bought Pixar out). You get things right, @WDWPro, but you sometimes play fast and loose with the details. BE BETTER, PLEASE.

Good, nothing was getting done at Apple, hopefully he'll actually be able to get stuff out there that people will see at Netflix.

Add Don bluth and Disney is done

What really makes me wonder about all of this is how Lasseter is fairing creatively at these other companies? No seriously, think about it. Most of these companies in question he's working for are as bad as Disney is with their far left policies and antics but with the distinct difference of actually wanting to make money. I'm sure he's given a majority of creative control because Apple and Netflix want to make all of the money, but I have to wonder what they're not letting him do due to their internal politics. That honestly goes double for Netflix at this point.

What do you mean the 100 celebration did not do well what are you talking about

If Lassiter is a genius, you would think these studios would protect him like the crown jewels of England. He is literally a walking gold mine for them if they protect him from all the political nonsense and give him all the support that he needs to create.

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Disney pushes it's talent away because it's not a meritocracy. Politics reigns Supreme and those who step on others and make selfish decisions at the expense of the company are rewarded instead of punished for their behavior; whereas those who just focus on making good content get fucked. Favreau is a good guy in a bad place (except for that time he stole Christopher Multisanti's script...). It's too bad he wasn't the one to go to Warner Bros and make the new DCU instead of Gunn. He could've made the new Superman and Batmwn movies and let Gunn make all that side shit he wants to. It would've been great.

They got rid of all their talent. No wonder why Disney only creates flops now. They deserve to fail. Poor Walt is turning in his grave.

I still don’t believe anything what Disney said about John about what really happened in that situation, they’re certainly not confessing themselves hard enough. :/ Tho I will say that Lassater didn’t make a good choice becoming the director for “Luck” at Skydance opposed to Peggy Holmes (who was director for The Little Mermaid Prequel: Ariel’s Beginning) as it did became a mediocre movie in the end, even though I find it more tolerable and enjoyable than anything Disney has put out these last few years, but still. Another thing to mention is that a lot of people have said that John Lassater has become the equivalence to not just Harvey Weinstein in terms of production meddling, but also became the equivalence of one of the few worst people in the animation industry alongside John K. the creator of “Ren & Stimpy”, and Butch Hartman, the creator of “The Fairly Odd Parents” which I can see where these people are coming from since Harvey Weinstein, John K and Butch Hartman have revealed themselves to be the worst human beings of all mankind and ruined their careers and legacies and I can agree with them on that. From what little I’ve heard from those 3 people, I hate the 3 of them for destroying themselves, and their own legacies in the long run. However, I cannot say the same thing with John Lassater because unlike John K. and Butch Hartman who’d f*ck themselves over in the long run, John L was one of the people formerly associated with Disney Animation and started his own animation studio with the help of George Lucas, Steve Jobs, and Ed Catmul. Plus John L was not the only person fired from Pixar and Disney Animation CEO position, but so was Jeffrey Katzenberg who started his animation studio “DreamWorks Animation” after he resigned from Disney Animation Executive Producer position after former CEO Michael Eisner called him out for impatient behavior after Frank Wells’ tragic death. Tho I kinda see why Jeffrey Katzenberg was fired since you know, he ruined the production of The Black Cauldron, ruined the production of Rescuers: Down Under, nearly got the production of Toy Story shutdown by Disney when making Woody an edgy unlikable a-hole in the Black Friday Reel, interfering with the production of TLM 1989, pushed the production of Pocahontas so it would a best picture award in the Oscars making it the first and only Disney movie to be Oscar bait, and worse the infamous Robin Williams Genie voice fiasco. But still, that didn’t stop him from changing as a person who then learned to take movie productions seriously when cofounded DreamWorks animation! Then again it maybe be too late for John Lassater to make a comeback and redeem himself, with stuff like the production meddling of “Brave” where the original director who a woman was replaced with a different director halfway through production, the cancellation of a stop motion animated movie “The Shadow King”, having too much involvement in the Disney TVA division, and especially after the poor reception of Luck at Skydance. And from what I saw in Twitter post in a distance, it also didn’t help that the animators behind Luck were pressured by the Skydance executives as they were told to work at such inhumane hours which was an awful move. Well you can’t expect anything good from Apple now. :/

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It feels pointless to comment, as long as horrible people are elevated to prominence and trusted to run huge segments of society. We're all probably investing our hopes and dreams into or against some PR firm's marketing campaign. "Oh, I'm so surprised that shallow and selfish people continue to betray us all." Yeah, I recall the attempt to ruin Lasseter for being 'nice,'

Being a hugger and hair smeller wont stop you from being president of the united states, why should it stop you from leading a film studio?

That luck movie he made for apple was a stinker, I could not even finish it.

Netflix has been killing it with animation lately.

Pixar has made some good movies since he left. Elemental, Soul, Onward are all good movies. Netflix has already made some pretty good animation movies, Over the Moon, Klaus.

Why’d he leave Apple?

Why, John? Netflix has Cuties!

Dont matter if netflix keeps its woke stance

Yawn, old news... nobody cares... Of course Apple had to can JL... Disney gave them orders to sack him...

Sharks are smelling blood and came to participate in the carnage.😂😂😂😂😂pdoMickey will go bankrupt. I will live to see it.

Getting rid of the genius who lead the charge into the 3D animated movies and produced great films, that is real genius, then a rival company scoops them up and gets them producing stuff to beat the compamy that they use to, real genius, Disney!! I believe Iger's legacy will be one of wasteful spending and gross mismangement of the properties he bought for Disney and sinking the company! I wonder if DC Studios will reach out to Jon Favreau to get him in and help beat the turd called Marvel

Why? I assume his non compete clause has expired allowing him to directly compete with Pixar now.......

Is anyone else bothered by that thing on ole boy's lip?! I'm like mofo you have to feel that ish!!

You're right about his rare genius is. Sometimes it's just one person. Other times it's a partnership. It's so very rare in any field to have what Disney had in Pixar. They will never have that again, all likely because Iger is terrible. Incidentally, check out the Victoria's Secret five year stock price. They went woke, tanked their business, and are low looking for a new CEO.

It seems most commenters don't understand the sutuaion. Yes not knowing personal space is one thing, but WHEN these episodes took place is not mentioned. From what I understand its when he was drunk that he acted unprofessionally. It was in celebratory parties after a film was completed or broke records that the questionable behavior happened. Does that excuse groping? No, but John took responsibilty and apparently amended his behavior. But I believe people can and do grow by learning ftom their mistakes, which is what Netflix fid and stopped skl their woje nonsense. It will be interesting to see what these teo Titans will do together.

Pro you are being a bit disingenuous when you say he left the company due to hugging. You can make your point without trying to dance around something that makes the dude look like a weirdo.

Guys, what if John did harass those women at Pixar and his firing was the right call? I mean, I don't wanna think badly of him, but all this stuff defending him is starting to feel like conspiracy theories now. Now unless we have solid proof of what really happened, I'm remaining skeptical.