I remember the stories from Ed Catmull's book Creativity Inc. Although not that they tossed the movie out after almost deleting it anyway, like it's said in the

I remember the stories from Ed Catmull's book Creativity Inc. Although not that they tossed the movie out after almost deleting it anyway, like it's said in the article. The story about starting from scratch was that they left the team that did it alone, but it was their first movie and it fell flat. Reading about it then felt like a dick move and kind of questionable, but even more so later when I'd read that Lassiter, who was the most critical one, is a certified creep / jerk. So I don't know, but I guess if you're successful in the end your opinion is never questioned.