Disney has directed Pixar to focus solely on feature films, as shorter projects did not perform well financially. Pixar's strategy now includes balancing their output with more sequels, despite the challenge of audience preference for familiar content over original stories. Pixar Chief Creative Officer Pete Docter confirmed that the studio has no plans to produce live-action remakes of its existing intellectual properties.
Pete Docter Explains Why We're Not Getting a Live-Action Ratatouille (or Any Pixar Movie) Remake https://t.co/eZsREYnWBU https://t.co/7tUidckGlb
Pixar CCO Pete Docter explained that the legendary animation studio has no intentions of doing live-action remakes of its existing IP. https://t.co/jWlGV7YHZt https://t.co/RFyYbyvH32
Pete Docter says Pixar has no interest in making live-action remakes of their films (via @TIME) https://t.co/8NdHDqGrMF
Disney asked Pixar to pull back on anything that's not feature films: "Turns out the audience didn’t want short little things from Pixar at least. It just didn't perform as well. It didn't earn its keep in terms of what we had to put into it to make them" https://t.co/TL0k0btuYf https://t.co/Thww5s0wR1
Pixar on theatrical releases: "Part of our strategy is to try to balance our output with more sequels. It’s hard. Everybody says, 'Why don't they do more original stuff?' And then when we do, people don't see it because they're not familiar with it" https://t.co/TL0k0btuYf