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5 days ago · A year later, he was tapped to become the COO of Disney, working directly under then-CEO Michael Eisner. Eisner, right, was CEO from 1984 to 2005. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images
1 day ago · Michael Eisner phoned Schwartz, and urged him to back out of his commitment to DreamWorks, but he refused and left the project. After Schwartz's departure, his three songs, "Written in Stone", "Destiny", and "China Doll", were dropped amid story and character changes by 1995.
5 days ago · The Walt Disney Company CEO Michael Eisner was hired to ensure the performance of the studio's next animated projects, despite having virtually no animation experience. Eisner himself had been a theater major in college.
2 days ago · The project was revamped in 1985 by Michael Eisner, the then-new CEO of Disney. Amblin Entertainment, which consisted of Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy, were approached to produce Who Framed Roger Rabbit alongside Disney. The original budget was projected at $50 million, which Disney felt was too expensive.
5 days ago · Among the people he brought on board were Michael Eisner, who would go on to run Disney, and Jeffrey Katzenberg, who cofounded DreamWorks Animation.
4 days ago · Michael Eisner, Disney’s CEO at the time, was concerned about that legacy, and allegedly insisted the ride be named “Splash Mountain,” rather than something tied directly to Song of the South.
3 days ago · The first demonstration of Iger’s excellence remains his most daring gambit. When Iger earned the CEO job, Disney was in tumult, with Roy Disney working to oust Michael Eisner. Disney. Meanwhile, the industry perspective at the time was that Pixar had surpassed Disney in terms of animation.
