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DISNEY SHAREHOLDERS CHEER PIXAR EXEC Monday, March 13 2006 
Pixar's
John
Lasseter
was
cheered
by
Disney
shareholders
on
Friday
as
the
company
held
its
annual
meeting
in
Anaheim,
California.
Speaking
of
Disney's
acquisition
of
Pixar,
Lasseter
told
the
crowd,
"I
was
worried
until
I
got
to
know
Bob
Iger.
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
you
are
led
by
a
great
man.
...
We're
bringing
back
some
amazing
people
who
have
left,
and
we're
making
Disney
the
place
you
have
to
work
again."
Shareholders
also
voted
to
(more)HI, HO, HI HO, IT'S BACK TO WORK WE GO! Wednesday, March 1 2006 
The
Pixar
team
of
Ed
Catmull
and
John
Lasseter,
who
will
be
taking
over
feature
animation
production
at
the
Walt
Disney
studios,
is
apparently
wasting
no
time
attempting
to
restore
energy
and
morale
there.
Word
spread
Tuesday
on
websites
devoted
to
animation
that
Catmull
and
Lasseter
plan
to
bring
back
to
the
studio
some
of
the
animation
talent
who
were
let
go
or
who
resigned
in
the
wake
of
Disney's
decision
to
abandon
hand-drawn
animation
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Hand-drawn animation may not be dead, after all. Pixar's creative chief, John Lasseter, has told Time magazine that he may restore Disney's traditional animation unit, which the studio dismantled in response to the success of computer-generated animation, like that employed by Pixar. "Of all studios that should be doing 2-D animation, it should be Disney," Lasseter said in an interview with film critic Richard Corliss. "We haven't said anything publicly, but I can guarantee you that we're thinking about it. Because I believe in it."
