Pixar Eyes Staff Reduction Later This Year As Part Of Disney Content Spending…

Pixar Animation Studios is planning to reduce its workforce in the coming months, an insider confirmed to Deadline, as part of overall content spending trims at Disney . An initial report on the planned staff cuts by TechCrunch indicated it could affect up to 20% of the overall workforce, but the source pushed back on that estimate. No specifics or timeline for the reduction have yet been determined. The pullback is related to an easing of the studio’s production workflow, which went into overdrive under former CEO Bob Chapek. The ex-boss not only put three straight Pixar films onto Disney+ without a theatrical release, but he also…