Re: Disney quits Peter Pan film after row over Gt Ormond St

Yeah, I know, it was originally reported on November 23rd in The Telegraph(UK).  But I 
had just found it today &
thought others also might not have read about it yet.  From the article, it sounds 
like Disney was involved only as
a distribution channel, not as a creative partner.

I've just looked on the Web for retractions & can't find any, so I'm inclined to think 
that the story is true.
(Especially given that corporate is *so* zealous in protecting the Disney Company's 
image.)

agnes
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yugreggit wrote:

> On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 13:38:02 -0500, agnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >I found this recent article & thought that RADP'ers might find it
> >interesting, in light of the recent discussions @ Peter Pan & about
> >Disney business decisions.  (If the URL wraps, don't forget to cut &
> >paste to get the complete address.)  I followed a link on MousePlanet,
> >from their MousePad News board.  (The first paragraph from the original
> >story is quoted below.)
> >
> >"Disney quits Peter Pan film after row over Gt Ormond St"
> >The Walt Disney Corporation pulled out of a new £60 million film version
> >of Peter Pan after refusing to give a share of its profits to Great
> >Ormond Street Children's Hospital in London.
> >
> >http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/11/23/ndiz23.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/11/23/ixhome.html
> >
> >agnes
> >to reply by not posting throw me a line at
> >shearonDOTinkATerolsDOTkom<--change that last 'k' to a 'c' :)
>
> I read this about 3 weeks ago. I don't think it's 100% true or we
> would have heard about it way before this.