CONCORD, N.C. - They have turned ones and zeros into magic. They have made fish and bugs talk. They have brought out the emotional inner life of toys, monsters and now cars.
    
With those successes, the brains behind Pixar Animation Studios - filmmaker John Lasseter and company president, and Utah native, Ed Catmull - now face a tougher challenge: Bringing the Disney Animation Studios, home of Mickey Mouse and the Little Mermaid, back to life.
    
The Walt Disney Company's $7.4 billion acquisition of Pixar last January brings together the venerated Disney studio, which has been in a creative slump, with the high-tech Pixar, which is riding a winning streak since "Toy Story" debuted in 1995.

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