After months of misguided, fanatical and baseless wishing from shortsighted idealists, Pixar headman John Lasseter has finally and unequivocally shot down the notion that the beloved animation company will produce a film based on Marvel superheroes. The wacky idea has been in play ever since Disney purchased the comic producers in 2009, but there has never been, nor will there likely ever be plans for a mash-up.
Speaking to IGN, Lasseter said Pixar would not be doing any movies based on Marvel characters because they've already “done superheroes” with The Incredibles. Later, he clarified further by admitting the successful studio likes to work with ideas and characters developed in house and that Disney was looking for “more of the same”. With any other company, more of the same might sound like a bad thing, but considering Pixar has never made a bad movie and continues to top itself, I think they're pretty comfortable with the formula.
The truth is many great things simply don't go together, even if they're owned by the same company. Little Caesar's founder Mike Ilitch owns both the Detroit Red Wings and the Detroit Tigers, but it would hardly be advisable to throw Pavel Datsyuk out in right field. Kraft owns Nabisco, but it's unlikely you'll see diced up Fig Newtons inside your macaroni n cheese anytime soon. There's no reason why Marvel and Pixar can't peacefully coexist at a distance under the Disney umbrella. In fact, they already have for almost two years. Let's keep it that way.
