Actually, Pixar is having trouble finding new distributors--that's the reason they don't have one yet--no one is exactly jumping to get Pixar on board right now, largely because Steve Jobs is both hard to work with and wants a contract that will largely benefit Pixar and not the distribution company--who would want a relationship like that? Pixar's future could depend largely on Chicken Little. If this Disney-produced computer animation feature ends up being stellar (and I haven't seen enough of it to determine whether or not it will), that could badly damage Pixar. That would leave the major animation powerhouses more than able to make their own computer animatio films (and keep all profits)--Disney would be good, Universal is more than happy with Dreamworks (interesting that they often copy Pixar...A Bug's Life-Antz, Finding Nemo-A Shark's Tale, and Pixar has a movie in the works about a rat called Ratatouille, while Dreamworks is also working on a movie about a rat--plots are of course different, but there are curious similarities), and Fox movies like Ice Age have been successful. I'm not sure Pixar could survive on its own under those conditions--how big is the market for 3D animation? I'm fairly certain that even though Pixar is amazing, people will favor the Disney name if Disney can put out good 3D features.
As for the other stuff in this thread, I tend to side w/ Speck, but that's just me...I have seen many a user get attacked for posting in the wrong forum, so why should it suddenly be a problem here?
