Lasseter: No Rift with Marvel Over Big Hero 6

At a screening of 25 minutes of footage from Disney Animation’s Big Hero 6, Disney-Pixar CCO John Lasseter addressed the notion of a rift between the Mouse House and Marvel over the comic book-based film, and proceeded to dispel that rumor. Marvel branding has been conspicuously absent from the posters and trailers for Big Hero 6, while Marvel Studios has also not mentioned the animated movie during any of its press events.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lasseter says Disney “worked very closely with Marvel,” even though the animated feature “was made 100 percent here in the Walt Disney Animation Studio.” Lasseter reassures cynics that “We have a fantastic relationship to