Pixar co-founder John Lasseter to leave Disney after ‘missteps’

John Lasseter, the animation titan who has been on leave from the Walt Disney Co. since November because of what he called “missteps” that made some staff members feel “disrespected and uncomfortable,” will not return to the conglomerate.
Disney said on Friday that Lasseter — the co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios who has long been one of Disney’s most important creative executives, serving as a force behind the “Toy Story,” “Cars” a