At Disney Studios, producer David Baron hurried to the president's office.
Ellen Horn accompanied him into the reception room and said, "I'm planning to launch more Disney live-action fairy tale films."
David Baron was taken aback, "President, isn't that a bit too hasty? 'Beauty and the Beast' is still in production; should we wait a bit?"
Ellen sat back on the sofa and said, "Has the failure of 'Magic Forest' made you lose confidence in this genre? The 'Harry Potter' series you managed with David Heyman falls into the category of live-action fairy tales too, and it was extremely successful over so many installments."
David Baron was one of Ellen Horn's old subordinates. As a producer, he had been involved in the entire 'Harry Potter' series and had defected to Disney Studios to explore possibilities for Ellen Horn shortly after Kevin Tsujihara became CEO of Warner Bros.
The two of them were deeply connected.