Could John Lasseter be this generation’s Walt Disney? A new article from Reuters, via Yahoo! News, proposes the idea, offering info to support the thought. Likewise, the report presents a brief history on Lasseter’s career. On an interesting final note, the piece adds, “Lasseter is seen as so integral to Pixar’s successes that Disney stipulated that his death or departure, or that of [Ed] Catmull, could nix the deal,” referring to the recently announced merger between the two studios.