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Apple is Reportedly in talks with Skydance Animation for two films by John Lasseter who left Pixar over Sexual harassment Issues
Apple has been in prolonged negotiations to acquire two John Lasseter-produced titles from Skydance Animation titled Luck and Spellbound, according to
Variety sources.
The two films would anchor what sources called a larger agreement between David Ellison’s animation division and the streamer, which has yet to be reached. WME is also said to be involved in the negotiations, which also includes a theatrical release component.
The films had been set up at Paramount Pictures, where Skydance enjoys a lucrative partnership on the “Mission: Impossible” franchise and the upcoming “Top Gun” sequel. Skydance has a contractual right to move the projects at will, another source added.
Soul opened the door to the truth that sheâs a die-hard Disney geek, as she tells me in the exclusive interview clip above.
For many A-listers, a voicing gig is just that⦠a gig. But I often like to ask talent who get to work with Pixar Animation Studios how long they have been waiting to get their shot to possibly be in a Pixar movie. Pixar has created brilliant roles out of extremely recognizable Hollywood voices, whether itâs Tom Hanks (Woody) and Owen Wilson (Lightning McQueen) or Ellen Degeneres (Dory) and John Goodman (Sully). Do actors and comedians actively pursue a role in a new Pixar movie, knowing all of the perks that come with it?
G. Allen Johnson December 16, 2020Updated: December 21, 2020, 8:18 am
Jamie Foxx provides the voice and Jon Batiste the fingerings as Joe, the first Black star of a Pixar film, in “Soul.” Photo: Pixar
This is not how Pixar drew it up.
“Soul” was supposed to be among the box office hits of this past summer, proof that Pixar’s commitment to diversity as the studio’s first film to feature a Black lead character would be embraced by paying audiences, and that the Emeryville animation studio would be just fine under the stewardship of Pete Docter.
But, of course, the coronavirus had other ideas. After two delays as pandemic restrictions closed theaters, “Soul,” which stars Jamie Foxx as a middle-aged musician on the brink between life and death, will make its worldwide debut on Christmas, streaming onto Disney+ without the box office receipts that lift up a typical Pixar release and without the pay-per-view model Disney+ used for the live-action “Mul