The Internet Movie Database indicates that in an interview with The New York Times [free registration required], Disney CEO-designate Robert Iger states that he recently visited Jobs at Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville, CA, to get a “sense of place and geography.” Furthermore, Iger commented that Disney has an “inexplicable (sic) link to Pixar.” Says the future Disney CEO, “It is very, very important to fully explore whether there is any possibility to extend the relationship in some form and the only way you can do that is by creating a dialogue. That’s what Steve and I did and will continue to do. We’ve been having ongoing discussions as to whether there is, to use his words, common ground.”