The
Toy Story trilogy is the most beloved movie series on the planet. So when the third one ended so perfectly when Andy gave his toy collection to Bonnie, Pixar had decided that the
Toy Story films were complete, right? Nope.
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| "So long, partner." |
Toy Story 4 is indeed happening and it is set to be released on June 16, 2017. John Lasseter who directed the first two
Toy Story movies will return and direct the fourth film. Here's Mr. Lasseter's comments on the fourth installment in the
Toy Story series: “We love these characters so much; they are like family to
us. We don’t want to do anything with them unless it lives up
to or surpasses what’s gone before.
Toy Story 3 ended Woody and Buzz’s story
with Andy so perfectly that for a long time, we never even talked about doing
another
Toy Story movie. But when Andrew, Pete, Lee and I came up with this new
idea, I just could not stop thinking about it. It was so exciting to me, I knew
we had to make this movie—and I wanted to direct it myself.” John Lasseter is referring to Andrew Stanton (director of
Finding Nemo and
WALL-E), Pete Docter (
Monsters, Inc. and
Up), and Lee Unkrich (
Toy Story 3). Writing duo Rashida Jones and Will McCormack are also working on
Toy Story 4, and it will be produced by longtime Pixarian Galyn Susman (producer of
Toy Story of TERROR!).
There's a lot of skepticism whether this film is really needed, and that it is just being made for the money. After all, Disney's CEO Bob Iger
did announce the news the same day that Disney reports their
record fiscal year results. John Lasseter denies naysayers and had this to say: "A lot of people in the industry view us doing sequels
as being for the business of it, but for us it's pure passion. We only
make sequels when we have a story that's as good as or better than the
original. We don't just, because of the success of a film,
automatically say we're going to do a sequel and then figure out what we're
going to do." He also told
The LA Times that '
Toy Story 4' will be a love story and will pick
up where 'Toy Story 3' left off, when Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the
rest of the series' toy chest of characters were handed down to a little girl
named Bonnie.
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| Toy Story 4 will be a love story? |
The next
Toy Story film to be released is a 22-minute holiday television special. It is called
Toy Story That Time Forgot and it will air this December 2nd on ABC. The synopsis for the short film is:
During a post-Christmas play date, the Toy Story gang find
themselves in uncharted territory when the coolest set of action figures ever
turn out to be dangerously delusional. It's all up to Trixie, the triceratops,
if the gang hopes to return to Bonnie's room in this “Toy Story That Time
Forgot.”
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| Image from Toy Story That Time Forgot. |
What are your thoughts on 'Toy Story 4'?
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