Rich Ross named new chairman of The Walt Disney Studios

[Alex]

I imagine Dreamworks will mostly have free reign on its stuff. Miramax will mostly have free reign on its stuff. Pixar will have free reign on its stuff and its locked in for several years anyway, Feature Animation is locked in for quite a while. DisneyNature is set for a few years. The new package deal with Del Toro is going to be his to run unless he bombs the first couple.

Really, the only part of the Walt Disney Pictures line-up is the pure family play stuff and that ain't too much of a stretch for him. Several movies a year in the pipeline were already coming out of Disney Channel. In fact, given how few movies Disney's been doing the last couple years it'll be amazing if he has room to greenlight anything.