RobertoOrtiz
01-25-2006, 05:05 PM
Quote:
"But as CEO Steve Jobs surveyed the competition before deciding to sell to Disney, it's easy to see him wondering if Pixar would become, like a character in Finding Nemo, just another fish in a big ocean.
Virtually every major studio and more minor ones are preparing films with computer-generated imagery (CGI). This year, theaters will have at least a dozen - more than twice as many as in any other year.
That number could soar. New companies are jumping in as technology prices fall. Major rivals are stepping up their output, such as DreamWorks Animation's plans for two CGI releases a year. "There used to be two or three spots in the calendar when a CGI movie would come out. And now, it's just about every month," says Animation Magazine editor Ramin Zahed. "How many movies can a family see?"
>>LINK<< (http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20060125/tc_usatoday/competitionheatsupforanimation;_ylt=Aji_5ShLR6VnFfUezY9u1aOs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3cjE0b2MwBHNlYwM3Mzg)
-R
"But as CEO Steve Jobs surveyed the competition before deciding to sell to Disney, it's easy to see him wondering if Pixar would become, like a character in Finding Nemo, just another fish in a big ocean.
Virtually every major studio and more minor ones are preparing films with computer-generated imagery (CGI). This year, theaters will have at least a dozen - more than twice as many as in any other year.
That number could soar. New companies are jumping in as technology prices fall. Major rivals are stepping up their output, such as DreamWorks Animation's plans for two CGI releases a year. "There used to be two or three spots in the calendar when a CGI movie would come out. And now, it's just about every month," says Animation Magazine editor Ramin Zahed. "How many movies can a family see?"
>>LINK<< (http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20060125/tc_usatoday/competitionheatsupforanimation;_ylt=Aji_5ShLR6VnFfUezY9u1aOs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3cjE0b2MwBHNlYwM3Mzg)
-R