tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9432695.post115334482168109704..comments2023-09-05T08:08:11.149-07:00Comments on Bits and Pieces: Disney Head IcedDiligent Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04426359711191016569noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9432695.post-1155852020875527212006-08-17T15:00:00.000-07:002006-08-17T15:00:00.000-07:00Man was Jacobson right to walk away from M. Night ...Man was Jacobson right to walk away from M. Night Shyamalan.<BR/><BR/>Lady in the Water; <BR/>This week's take: $835,426 <BR/>Grand total take: $40,839,528;<BR/>In its 4th Week<BR/><BR/>As the old saying goes this thing would still stink even if it was on ice.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04734894170682066431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9432695.post-1153502746572863572006-07-21T10:25:00.000-07:002006-07-21T10:25:00.000-07:00Actually the work on the Nemo submarine ride is in...Actually the work on the Nemo submarine ride is in progress. See: http://www.miceage.com/allutz/al071106b.htm<BR/><BR/>Scroll down for photos.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04734894170682066431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9432695.post-1153434015605092052006-07-20T15:20:00.000-07:002006-07-20T15:20:00.000-07:00Picking hits in Hollywood has always been problema...Picking hits in Hollywood has always been problematic. Executives seem to have winning and losing streaks. Disney made his money by making and distributing high quality cartoons with legs spanning generations, that helped him sell tickets to his amusement park. My question to Eisner is where's the Nemo submarine ride? <BR/>Disney also made a lot of fun and low budget kid fare movies, often featuring animals and with a cast of faded, but accomplished stars. The Flubber movies alone made millions on modest outlays.<BR/>Ms. Jacobson's biography on the Disney site, since pulled, states: "She has been with the studio since February of 1998, where she supervised production of THE SIXTH SENSE and REMEMBER THE TITANS, as well as PEARL HARBOR and THE PRINCESS DIARIES." Personally I liked "Hidlago" and "Hitchhiker's Guide," but found "Royal Tennebaums" a bit too quirky. I stayed away from "Life Aquatic" for that reason. As for Shyamalan, he essentially makes good "Outer Limits" or "X-File" episodes. The "Village," too long, and was not worth the $60 million production and $44 million publicity budgets, let alone a $9 movie ticket.Diligent Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04426359711191016569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9432695.post-1153419665821778142006-07-20T11:21:00.000-07:002006-07-20T11:21:00.000-07:00Jacobson had some big negatives, which Pirates cou...Jacobson had some big negatives, which Pirates couldn't fix. <BR/><BR/>"The Wild" a major computer graphics animated flick flopped big time. A for girls drama "Stick It" also flopped at supersonic speed. (Note to Hollywood, as a father of a 10-year old girl, I am not taking her to any movie that has the words stick and it in the title--What were you thinking?). <BR/><BR/>I thnik that Jerry Bruckheimer not Jacobson was more the reason for Pirates II success. Then also consider that the "The Village" flopped too. Losing M. Night Shyamalan was probably not the final straw for Disney, but the fact that despite all the positive press about Jacobson Disney could have thrown darts at a list of movie proposals and done as well as Jacobson did.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04734894170682066431noreply@blogger.com