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John Lasseter

August 2022

  • Bob (voiced by Simon Pegg) and Sam Greenfield (voiced by Eva Noblezada) in Luck. Apple TV+

    Luck review – disgraced former Pixar’s chief’s enjoyable if clunky comeback

  • Bob (voiced by Simon Pegg) and Sam Greenfield (voiced by Eva Noblezada) in “Luck,” premiering August 5, 2022 on Apple TV+.

    Luck review – pound-shop Pixar is a short straw for young audiences

April 2020

  • Nicholas Rowe in Young Sherlock Holmes.

    My favourite film aged 12
    My favourite film aged 12: Young Sherlock Holmes

    An exceptional protagonist, his daft mate and a gutsy girl go on an adventure in a supernatural public school ... A proto-Potter it may be, but this trippy origin story was a queasy tween delight

March 2019

  • Toy Story 4 teaser trailer screengrab

    Week in geek
    Toy Story 4: has Pixar forked it up?

    Dominated by new character Forky, a spork having an existential crisis, the latest trailer may reveal the institution that launched Pixar is running into trouble

February 2019

  • Actor Emma Thompson has shared a resignation letter from the animation film Luck.

    'Centuries of entitlement': Emma Thompson on why she quit Lasseter film

  • Emma Thompson pulled out of a role in the large-scale animated film.

    Emma Thompson quits film after John Lasseter joins production

January 2019

  • John Lasseter took a leave of absence from Pixar and Disney after admitting ‘missteps’ related to his treatment of female colleagues.

    Backlash after ex-Pixar head scores new job despite #MeToo allegations

    John Lasseter will head up Skydance Animation in a move that ‘endorses and perpetuates a broken system’ according to a Time’s Up statement

June 2018

  • John Lasseter

    Pixar's John Lasseter steps down from Disney in wake of #MeToo

    Disney says he will stay on until end of year as a consultant before final departure

November 2017

  • John Lassiter and Pixar characters

    Lost in showbiz
    A hug’s life: Pixar’s John Lasseter leads the way in Hollywood’s golden age of euphemism

    ‘Unwanted hugs’, ‘missteps’, ‘pursuing shared feelings’ and ‘uncomfortable situation’ – the entertainment world is offering a masterclass in rebranding sexual impropriety
  • Rashida Jones and Will McCormack said Pixar had ‘a culture where women and people of colour do not have an equal creative voice’.

    Rashida Jones denies she left Pixar over 'unwanted advances' by John Lasseter

    Parks and Recreation star refutes reports that she and co-writer departed over Disney animation head’s behaviour, citing lack of diversity at studio
  • Executive producer John Lasseter attends the Disney Pixar’s COCO premiere on November 8, 2017, in Hollywood, California. / AFP PHOTO / VALERIE MACONVALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images

    Pixar's John Lasseter taking leave citing 'missteps' and 'unwanted hugs'

    The head of Disney Animation will take a six-month sabbatical after stating he has unintentionally made staff members feel ‘disrespected or uncomfortable’

September 2016

  • Book caption: A story sketch for “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.” The short became so expensive that it was decided to make it part of a “Concert Feature.” 122A DISNEY ARCHIVES MOVIES 1 XL 01150

    Unseen treasures from the golden age of Disney revealed for first time

    Sketches and scenes from classic animated movies, including The Jungle Book and Fantasia, unearthed in studio’s archives

May 2015

  • John Lasseter, with actor Amy Poehler, at the premiere of Inside Out at the Cannes film festival.

    Cannes 2015: Disney unveils Toy Story 4 – and their first nude scene

    Chief creative officer John Lasseter offers first looks at forthcoming Disney Pixar releases including The Good Dinosaur, Moana and the Finding Nemo sequel, as well as Zootopia – featuring hard-boiled bunnies, cavorting pigs, giraffes and bison

November 2014

  • Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story 3

    Toy Story 4 set for release in 2017

    John Lasseter to direct fourth instalment in the adventures of Woody, Buzz Lightyear and co

March 2013

  • A Christmas Carol

    Disney turns away from hand-drawn animation

    Studio says none of its animation companies are working in the traditional 2D format, and there are no current plans to do so again

March 2012

  • Andrew Stanton: 'Spielberg and I compared notes on ET and Wall-E'.

    Andrew Stanton: why I had to make John Carter the movie

    The genius behind Pixar's animated blockbuster hits Finding Nemo and Wall-E on why he decided to change tack and film a live-action adaptation of a vintage sci-fi epic

November 2011

  • Cars 2, Kermode

    Mark Kermode's DVD round-up
    Mark Kermode's DVD round-up

    On the strength of the pedestrian Cars 2, the Pixar franchise is running on empty, writes Mark Kermode

July 2011

  • Reel review
    Cars 2: 'The loud, brash juvenile of the Pixar showroom' - video

    It's fun, fast and frenetic but there's not much underneath the snazzy chassis of this sequel, says Xan Brooks

June 2011

  • Cars 2

    Pixar's Cars 2 spy story drives film animation to new heights

    Director John Lasseter says level of realism is now 10 times greater for cinema audiences

September 2010

  • Avatar, 2009

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    Guardian Film Power 100: download the full list as a spreadsheet

    The Guardian film 100 is our complete analysis of the most powerful people in the movie business. Download the list for you to play with

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