Disney=Pixar!

So it's finally happened. Disney's gone and bought Pixar. It's a no-brainer move for Disney. Pixar's made 6 movies and each of them was a smash hit. Nobody else in Hollywood comes even close to that level of consistency. But what's really interesting about this deal is that Steve Jobs will become the largest stockholder at Disney and a member of it's board of directors and that John Lasseter (director of both Toy Story movies and A Bug's Life) will serve as chief creative officer of the combined Disney-Pixar studios.

This is the best possible thing that could happen to Disney, in my opinion. Last year's stunningly mediocre Chicken Little showed a Disney at it's creative nadir. They haven't made a truly great movie in over a decade. They need a major shake-up to return to their former glory, and this looks like just that shake-up.

I believe under John Lasseter's guidance, Disney's animation division can be a force to be reckoned with once again. I look forward to seeing the Disney that confidently turned out the smash hits The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King; the animated works that defined my youth. And so I eagerly anticipate the next move by the New Disney.