Pixar insiders tell IGN about the harsh working conditions on Inside Out 2
Pixar has had a huge success this year – which could become the biggest film of 2024 – and its reputation as the leading modern animation studio has returned, but some insider information reveals that it is still in a shaky state, and the workers are suffering the most. spoke to IGN Information about the production of this year's blockbuster film has been revealed from “multiple sources”, inside out 2And he learned about the terrible working conditions, the financial plight of laid-off animators, and the orders to make sure no one thought of them inside out 2 Was gay.
While Pixar is at its peak inside out 2which now The most successful animated film of all timeIGN's sources told them that the film was “the biggest crunch in the studio's history”, with staff forced to take on roles they were not prepared for and animators working “seven days a week” for “a month or two” in order to complete the film. Pixar understood that inside out 2 This film was bound to be a hit, it was the film that could save the studio and perhaps even restore the prestige it had lost in recent years. string Of FlopThe film thus became “a studio emergency with everybody working on it at once” with nearly everyone at Pixar working on it to some degree. (This is reflected in the film's end credits, of course.) inside out 2(which are reportedly the longest in Pixar's history.) This was partly due to the 2023 writers and actors strike, but it was also a new method adopted by Pixar called “Long and Lean”, whereby the studio was to take a longer time to finish a film, with fewer staff working on it. Instead, this forced “editors and artists” to compensate for the longer development time taken by “creative leads”.
But inside out 2 It was a massive hit, right? That must have meant a lot to the animators who worked on it. Well, for some of them, that was true; others were fired by Pixar lost 14% of its employees in mandated layoffs by Disney. And while the layoffs were announced in 2023, the way it happened was pretty messy, with many believing Disney waited until inside out 2 Pixar employees were given bonuses to ensure they would be there to help the film reach its release date, before these employees were fired. inside out 2 It did – but the people who were laid off weren't eligible to get it, probably a result of Pixar animators not having a union, which results in most of them “being financially troubled right now.” That's pretty lame, and it seems to be entirely a Disney ploy; IGN's sources reveal that Disney is actually the cause of many of these problems, and that Pixar's bosses are mostly nice, well-meaning people. And it doesn't seem to stop there inside out 2the next big Pixar movie, ElioIt's still animated, and IGN insiders told them the working conditions are the same inside out 2Disney has likely learned the wrong lessons from this year's success.
In this case, the funniest thing is this. Remember the controversy over gay kiss Light YearA spin-off of sorts toy Story Featuring the “real” Buzz Lightyear? Well, Disney totally took the blame for that Lightyears poor box office and the inevitable inside out 2 They were so non-conscious that they removed benign elements so that no one would take them the wrong way. They wanted the main character of the movie, Riley, to look “less gay” despite not being gay, according to reports they even wanted to change the lighting of some scenes so that there would be no confusion about his sexuality. (I wonder what Disney thinks of “gay lighting”.) The best part about this is that the big problem with this element is Light Year It wasn't a kiss, but Disney decided to make this a big deal through their media sycophants, shamed people for watching the film because it featured a gay kiss. Chris Evans, who voiced Buzz Lightyear in the film, even said Reuters He wanted anyone who didn't like it to “die like the dinosaurs.” Hey, I wonder why nobody wanted to see it Light Year with your kids on Father's Day weekend. Disney is going crazy and making sure no one thinks that from the inside out the girl is gay it's funny, like that episode The Simpsons Where Homer panics about Bart's sexuality and constantly does ridiculous things to try and get his ten-year-old son on the right track. Just like when they undermined Finn on Chinese posters The Force AwakensThis is yet another example of how fake Disney's display of virtue is.
It's hard to say whether or not Pixar is “back.” They've had one hit, and while it's a huge success that's made Disney a lot of money, it'll take at least two more before anyone at the studio can breathe a sigh of relief. But it seems working there has become a nightmare, and this story reminds me of that They are special effects artists Speaking of the horrible working conditions at Marvel. I don't think it's a coincidence that both of these studios are owned by Disney; they're looking like an even more despicable company as the days go by, and denying Pixar employees the bonuses they earned after working them half to death is evil.
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