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Pixar VS Disney! In 1995, Disney was the undisputed king of animation. But behind the scenes, a decade-long war for creative control was just beginning. This is the story of how a "vendor" named Pixar became Disney’s biggest rival, and how Steve Jobs used a string of billion-dollar hits to force a t...

John Lasseter saw the future of animation in Tron. Not as special effects — but as storytelling. He pitched computer animation as the next evolution of Disney’s legacy, testing it with projects like Where the Wild Things Are and The Brave Little Toaster. Disney’s response? They fired him. At the tim...

Before Toy Story, Pixar was building Disney’s future. In the late ’80s, Disney hired Pixar to create CAPS, a digital ink-and-paint system that replaced hand-colored animation cells. It didn’t just save money — it changed what Disney animation could do. The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladd...

In 1983, Disney had the chance to own the future of animation for just $15 million. They said no. Today, Pixar is a multi-billion dollar cornerstone of the Disney empire, but the journey from a Lucasfilm basement to the top of the box office was a decade-long corporate war. In this episode of Synerg...

For decades, Disney was boxed in by its own brand. They couldn’t make movies for adults — not with the Disney name on them. So they created a loophole: Touchstone Pictures. The very first movie released under that new label? Splash — a fantasy romance about a mermaid… starring a then-unknown TV acto...