Pixar Movies

Pixar Studios has quite a complicated past. It began its journey working with Lucasfilm back in the 1980s, where it primarily focused on visual effects. When John Lasseter came on to the project in 1983 after being pushed out of Disney, the idea that character animation could be achieved on computers propelled the team forward. Moving on from Lucasfilm, the members of Pixar started looking for investment to set up on their own. A surprising backer came in the form of Steve Jobs who agreed to invest $10 million to formally launch the studio in 1986.

Although Disney did not acquire the company until 2006, Pixar and Disney had had some sort of relationship in filmmaking ever since the late 1980s. Pixar and Disney collaborated together to make The Rescuers Down Under (1990), using the Computer Animation Production System (CAPS), making it the first fully digital feature film. After this, Pixar would make their own movie, Toy Story (1995), that would be distributed by Disney. Due to the success of that film, Pixar then built a new studio in Emeryville, California.

Pixar and Disney had some contractual disputes in the early 2000s as Disney sought to purchase the biggest competition they were experiencing in the animated film world at the time. When CEO Bob Iger came to the Walt Disney Company, he got the deal done and Disney officially acquired Pixar in 2006.

From this point on, it looked like Pixar could do no wrong. They made hit after hit for a while, with just a couple of movies not quite meeting audience expectations. But with the COVID-19 pandemic shutting everyone in their homes for months, Pixar’s newest releases since 2020 have not been big success stories like Pixar had been used to. Let’s hope that as time goes on, Pixar will find their feet again.

Pixar’s journey through the years can be categorised into these groups:

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