This could be VERY BAD news.....

[YoHo]

JJ, it sounds like only Another Voice can answer that.

To address F.C. fan, I'll admit to making a crack at Geffen and Katzenberg's expense. I'm quite sure that if he felt it a better opertunity, he'd dump them in a minute to go run Disney. AND He and Lucas are friends. Lucas also has the deep satisfaction of Taking that poorly made prequel all the way to the bank. See being that rich has its privelages.

As to The good Capt. I thought we were discussing a slimed down Disney here? even then it would be huge, but as I recall, right now George Runs these companies
Lucas Digital LTD
Lucasfilm LTD
Skywalker Sound
Industrial Light and Magic
THX
ILM Commercial Production
LucasArts
Lucas Learning
Lucas Licensing


Hardly on the scale of Disney, but at the same time they are quite diverse.

 

[Captain Crook]

I missed the "smaller" Disney angle and you're right Yoho, Lucas does have a lot of responsibility over a wide range of companies, but as you alluded to, they are still very, very small in the face of current Disney. So if we are talking a drastically paired down Disney my whole conversation is moot (sorry). But knowing that Disney will not be slimming down to a size 2 anytime soon, that topic seems irrelevent, but the topic of who can replace Eisner or how can we at least get them back to the Eisner / Wells era is still out there.

And as to JJ's point of Jobs / Lasseter, certainly this duo could be (are) a pair to be reckoned with at a smaller scale Disney, as well...Provided Jobs ego is in check (and I don't know that it is). But creativly, Jobs does seem Walt like in his delegation, what type of work he wants and in his philosophy that "anyway is fine, as long as it's mine" attitude...

 

[F.C. Fan]

Simply put, a sinking ship (like Disney) has nothing to offer neither Spielberg nor Lucas.

They're into creating, not maintaining things, nor would they want all the headaches that would come along with Disney, nor the loss of their total creative freedom that they've worked hard for.

 

[YoHo]

agreed dscoop.

More specifically, The only reason Lucas and Spielberg might avoid Disney is that they might not want to play in Walt's sandbox when they have their own. At the same time, there is potential for them or people like them to reconstruct Walt's sandbox. In this senario, the Theme Parks are key, because that's the one thing neither has complete control of right now.

I don't know that I really think these two would be interested, but it would be interesting.

 

[YoHo]

Portofino Bay apparently only has 7% Ocupancy rate during the Week. how are the Disney Hotels doing? There are probably executives at Disney that would commit Hari Kari if something like that happened.