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ignore it or think that it has no effect. but if you look at the research it clearly does and children copy that aggression. >> reporter: as he's grown older mickey mouse has slowed down a little bit. he's only made one movie in the last 20 years. these days he tends to stay fairly close to home. though he's always got a moment for yet another generation of wide-eyed children. for the children who are now parents, he's a dewy-eyed reminder that life was somehow simpler then. >> oh, yeah. america has changed. why, there aren't any more streetcars. and a pack of gum costs more. but one thing hasn't changed, and that's folks love to laugh and smile. and that's what i love in everybody. >> of course we are all business here at "world news now." we should point out obviously disney is the parent company of abc. mickey has evolved a lot over the years. >> he has, not only in look but also in name. did you know originally the mouse was going to be called mortimer. walt disney's wife said, too formal, let's make it mickey mouse. >> mickey works better. let's look at all the incarnations. >> some crazier than others. >> we're all business here at
half billion dollars to make a film. was that an intentional decision on your part to say, let's have a great film that has acting in it that has a plot? >> yeah, well, you know, the most difficult thing is to find great material, you know? once you have the material if you can afford the cameras, we were using the same camera as avatar, you won't have avatar that's 3-d, but as any big budgeted film. it's always about content, this is a human comedy, a behavioral piece, you don't need a tremendous amount of money to make the film, but you know, the reality is that it's ultimately it's about the execution and content, you know, what's on the page and i knew this material would attract great actors, we have jewel &a marge least and elliott mortimer and i knew that was going to happen because of the quality of the material. from that point of view i need