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Ben Gilbert: belief

22 Jun 2026 Acquired The Walt Disney Company

“Yep, I think that's right. All right, so that's the animation process. That is why this is such a giant, difficult undertaking to create something like Snow White.”

— Ben Gilbert

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Ben Gilbert
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Claim type
belief
Recorded
22 Jun 2026
Publisher
Acquired

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…You know what? What's happening at Disney isn't just the intersection of art and commerce. It's the three-way intersection of art and commerce and engineering, and always has been. Yep, I think that's right. All right, so that's the animation process. That is why this is such a giant, difficult undertaking to create something like Snow White. Yep. Absolutely enormous undertaking. So when all is said and done, it takes $1.5 million of investment over 3 years of studio work to create Snow White. Remember, this is at the same time as Disney is making short cartoons for like, I don't know, $20,000, $30,000. And even that is way above what anybody else in the industry is spending.…

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