He was the man who launched Pixar, and Pixar begat Toy Story and Finding Nemo.
Yet Finding Nemo's softer-than-expected weekend reveals that audiences may be losing interest in the gimmick rather quickly.
But his financial adviser would probably prefer to see Pixar release Finding Nemo II: Nemo Gets Lost Again.
Licensing deals with Disney's Pixar and Nickelodeon led to popular games like SpongeBob, Avatar: The Last Airbender and Finding Nemo.
So why is Disney set to release a sequel to Cars this coming weekend instead of a second Finding Nemo?
Composer Thomas Newman, best known for dramatic, dark film music was a bold choice for the animated Finding Nemo, Trudeau says.
Pixar's next film, Finding Nemo, is due in the summer of 2003.
"Nemo's" solid box office run will keep the film's characters (and appeal) alive as audiences wait for the recently announced Finding Nemo 2.
In part two of this series, Trudeau dissects the film scores of Finding Nemo and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Trudeau says the agile cartoon music of Finding Nemo and the expansive orchestration of The Lord of the Rings represent polar opposites of movie music.
Rooms and suites feature decor from Finding Nemo and Cars (open now), the Lion King (opening 10 August) and the Little Mermaid (opening 15 September).
That means many millions of boys and girls will internalize the ethics of Brave, just as they did Toy Story or Wall-E or Finding Nemo.
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Disney acquisitions executive Russell Hampton fretted that Baby Einstein might languish under this system because the divisions would be too busy focusing on much bigger properties like Finding Nemo.
From Toy Story to Toy Story 3, Finding Nemo to TheIncredibles, Cars to Wall-E to Up, the company continues to produce films that deliver fun and fantasy, not to mention moments of genuine poignancy, just as their brand promises.
Yes, Brave might not end up ranking creatively or financially up there with the likes of Toy Story 3 or Finding Nemo and yes, the film is coming on the heels of another poorly reviewed Pixar film, Cars 2.
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From Toy Story to Toy Story 3, Finding Nemo to The Incredibles, Cars to Wall-E to Up, the company continues to produce films that deliver fun and fantasy, not to mention moments of genuine poignancy, just as their brand promises.
There are a number of strong arguments for this, including the user attention that video requires, the content acquisition dilemma, and the poor experience that a 3.5-inch LCD provides when compared with enjoying the Finding Nemo DVD on the 60-inch plasma in your Gulfstream V.
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