Posted on 06/05/2023 8:04:20 AM PDT by Red Badger
Sources told Reuters of the job cuts on Saturday, which mark the first major job eliminations at the legendary studio in ten years.
Lightyear director Angus MacLane had worked at Pixar as an animator for 26 years. He was part of the senior creative team on films like Toy Story 4 and Coco. Lightyear producer Galyn Susman had been at Pixar since the release of the original Toy Story film in 1995, according to Reuters’ sources.
Additionally, Michael Agulnek, Pixar’s vice president of worldwide publicity since 2015, was also laid off, the report said.
The job cuts took place on May 23 and are reportedly part of Walt Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger’s plan to scrap 7,000 positions and slash $5.5 billion in costs.
Lightyear was released during Pride Month last year, and the animated feature, which cost $200 million to make, bombed at the box office all over the world.
The film reportedly brought in a mere $226.7 million in worldwide ticket sales — a horrible outcome, given that in 2018, Pixar’s The Incredibles 2 raked in $1.2 billion worldwide with an equivalent production budget.
Major factors contributing to the film’s flop include Pixar ditching conservative voice actor Tim Allen, who has played Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story and its three sequels over the span of two decades, in favor of woke Marvel star Chris Evans. Also, it was ineligible for release in 14 Middle Eastern and Asian countries, as it featured LGBTQQIAAP2S+ content.
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Sometimes failure has its consequences
They're going to need a bigger alphabet real soon now.
I'm kind of surprised that the new Buzz Lightyear wasn't black, ala Jake from State Farm.
Everyone in Florida is scared to death.
TF to Mike Pence:
Tell the TRUTH, you know better.
I suspect that these aren’t thu guys who pushed the wokeness. It’s probably some other suit playing CYA.
They deleted ‘Toy Story 2’.... they were lucky Galyn Susman had a copy of the movie on her laptop they could work off of when she was on maternity leave.
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