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> - Competitors have caught up and now the market for animated family movies is utterly saturated. Old formulas are not enough to stand out. The competitor lan
by khazhoux 3y ago
> - Competitors have caught up and now the market for animated family movies is utterly saturated. Old formulas are not enough to stand out.
The competitor landscape has not changed significantly in the last decade.
- toyg 3y agoIllumination started in 2010 and they've been on an absolute roll since. The pot that used to be owned by Pixar and Dreamworks is now a solid 3-way split pretty much every year as a minimum, with Sony and Warner also posting the occasional dark horse (Lego, Spider-Man, etc). Where before one could see a clear difference in animation quality between 3D productions, nowadays they're all pretty much excellent.
- khazhoux 3y agoSure, but Illumination basically took the spot Blue Sky had before. My point being that there's not a sudden glut of new studios -- it's still Pixar, DWA, plus a couple of other top studios. I really don't think the market is any more saturated today than a decade ago. I agree with you on Lasseter, btw. It does seem that his departure was the start of Pixar's creative gap.