Tue, February 15, 2005
Buzz (Lightyear) worthy—3:10 PM
The onebee "Buzzworthy" section is temporarily out of commission to make more room for the Movie Tournament (of Movies), but I couldn't resist passing along this gem, submitted by alert reader "AC":
Toy Story 3: Does Anyone Want to Do It? [Fox News (of all people)]
It's positively delicious that not only will the vocal talent be difficult to entice, but Disney's even having trouble finding directors to helm the Toy Story project that they're pretending to produce. Another pleasant surprise: Pixar won't be forced to hand over the character models and 3D environments they created for the first two Toy Story films, so Disney's goons will have to start from scratch. This movie is going to be horrible.
Let's just hope I'm right and it's all a big bluff. Eisner will be gone next year, then maybe Disney will be more amenable to negotiation. (Of course by then, maybe Pixar won't even take them back. My stock broke $90 today! They're on a roll!) Either way, there's a lot of time left for cooler heads to prevail – I can't imagine it will be worth it to Disney to release an ugly, unwatchable, unprofitable movie just to spit in Pixar's eye.
