Print and broadcast media have explored Ozark culture broadly. Books set in the Ozarks include Where the Red Fern Grows, The Shepherd of the Hills and As a Friend. The 1999 film Ride with the Devil, based on the book Woe to Live On, depicts warfare in Southwest Missouri during the Civil War.
The late story artist Joe Ranft is named a Disney Legend. The Walt Disney Company announces that it has agreed to purchase Pixar Animation Studios. Ed Catmull and John Lasseter also assume leadership of Walt Disney Animation Studios.
But Warner (now called Warner Bros.) has never been owned by Disney, nor is it owned by them today. Disney is a separate company with separate owners, founded by Walt and his brother Roy Disney; it is still known as the Walt Disney Company, even though Walt and Roy have long since died. 16 people found this useful.