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Disney's Divinity wrote: ↑Sat Sep 21, 2024 11:28 am Not really surprised, I don't think she enjoyed it very much. And this way she can still work at WDAS on her own projects without the vitriol being aimed at her. TBH, I'm not sure Pete Docter really enjoys running PIXAR either. I liked all of Frozen II, Raya, and Encanto. Strange World and Wish were just okay, but they both featured heavy meddling--the former was Chapek trying to fix his own problems and the latter was ironed out to the point of blandness.

Sotiris wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2024 6:14 pm Don Hahn in a new interview revealed that after Disney acquired Pixar, Ed Catmull had asked him to run WDAS, but he declined. Had he accepted, the course of the studio could have been so different.

Sotiris wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2024 6:14 pm Don Hahn in a new interview revealed that after Disney acquired Pixar, Ed Catmull had asked him to run WDAS, but he declined. Had he accepted, the course of the studio could have been so different.

The Disneynerd wrote: ↑Fri Oct 04, 2024 4:37 amim not too familiar with Don Hahn , do u think he would have made things better or worse?

Q: Any news for the project of 2026?

Jared Bush: It is an original film and I can’t wait to share more…

Q: Are there any plans to release an original film that is not a sequel?

Jared Bush: I definitely believe originals are crucial and should be a big part of our future.

Q: Will you bring back real serious villains to the level of Maleficent, Jafar, Facilier etc?

Jared Bush: Oh yes.

Q: Will Disney make a new original movie based on an existing tale/fairytale?

Jared Bush: I would love it.

Q: I was wondering if you consider doing an animated musical with a male lead? Something like Aladdin or Hercules…might be awesome to think!

Jared Bush: Absolutely.

Sotiris wrote: ↑Sat Dec 14, 2024 1:47 pm

Q: Will you bring back real serious villains to the level of Maleficent, Jafar, Facilier etc?

Jared Bush: Oh yes.

Source: https://x.com/thejaredbush/status/1867988457941020760

Mardenborough wrote: ↑Sat Dec 14, 2024 3:36 pm

Sotiris wrote: ↑Sat Dec 14, 2024 1:47 pm Source: https://x.com/thejaredbush/status/1867988457941020760

Meanwhile, the villains he wrote until now are the sheep from Zootopia, the grandma from Encanto, and the bat lady.
All of these are pretty mid and unconventional.

Q: In the last few years, I've been really impressed with the animation being produced in Hollywood. I think the audience clearly showed their love for Spider-Verse. I saw the footage today of Gatto. How have you, as an animation fan, seen what's being done in the evolution of storytelling and said, “Disney Animation needs to do insert this?”

Jared Bush: I get asked that question a lot. I think, across the board, people are really trying to push what animation can do and the style. To me, more than anything, continuing to evolve that style is important, but it always has to be tied organically to the story. So, Spider-Verse is a great example of that. It works so well and it's groundbreaking, but it's also deeply tied to comic books, and so that style makes a lot of sense to push that way, because it is so deeply tied to what the story is and what the genre is. So, as we're moving forward, I think we have to keep surprising our audience. I’d say the one distinction that Disney Animation has is we have this 100-year history, so there are people that watch our movies that are 20, 30, 50, 60 years old, right next to the movies that are coming out now, and there is an audience expectation that they feel of the same world. So, trying to figure out where we can break the mold, which is important to do, and sort of push forward, and at the same time, we're not just dropping a legacy just to do it, because we feel it's necessary. So, more than anything, I think it is making sure that any project that's going to push some of those boundaries, there's a reason to do it, and that reason is tied to the story itself.

Q: I've spoken to Kevin Feige many times, and he's always talked about how they have their five-year or their 10-year plan, and then that plan changes all the time. So, at the office, how far ahead is Disney Animation on the board? Do you have the next eight years figured out?

Jared Bush: I do. For me, stepping into this role, I am a planner. I like charts and graphs, and I like knowing where something is, always with the idea that if we need to make an adjustment, if we need to be flexible, we have to do that. We have a really fun puzzle of a schedule because we have to balance originals to a continuation of stories, but we also have musicals to non-musicals, which is another aspect that’s kind of unique to us. So, looking and saying, “How do all these fit together?” Then, obviously, we have Pixar that we work in concert with and that are great friends of ours, so making sure that our schedules are also aligned or we're supporting each other in the same way is a really fun balance. Our movies also take five to six years; it makes you really have to be thinking that far down the field and have a plan set up. Everyone at Disney Animation loves to be excited and inspired by the next thing out, so that's also for us, too. It's not just for the audience. It’s saying, what's going to keep people excited in the studio and push boundaries and give them challenges?