Toy Story 3
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| Directed by | Lee Unkrich |
| Produced by | Darla K. Anderson John Lasseter |
| Written by | Michael Arndt |
| Starring | Tom Hanks Tim Allen |
| Music by | Randy Newman |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Pictures |
| Release date(s) |  2010 |
| Language | English |
| Budget | TBA |
| Preceded by | Toy Story 2 (1999) |
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Toy Story 3 is the tenth computer-animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios, slated for release in 2010. It will be a sequel to the films Toy Story and Toy Story 2. It is set to be directed by Lee Unkrich and feature the return of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen to the cast.
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[edit] History
According to the terms of Pixar's original deal with Disney, all characters created by Pixar for their films were owned by Disney. Furthermore, Disney retained the rights to make sequels to any Pixar film, regardless of whether Pixar chose to work on the films or not. However, there had been a gentlemen's agreement between Disney and Pixar that Disney would not go ahead with sequels to films without Pixar's involvement. But in 2004, when the contentious negotiations between the two companies made it look like a split was likely, Disney Chairman Michael Eisner put in motion plans to produce Toy Story 3 at a new Disney studio, Circle 7 Animation. A basic plot was hashed out and pre-production was underway. This turn of events was not greeted with enthusiasm by all, with Pixar regular John Ratzenberger going so far as to say he would not be involved without Pixar.[citation needed] Others, such as Tim Allen, the voice of Buzz Lightyear, indicated a willingness to return even if Pixar was not on board.
All this changed once Eisner stepped down as head of Disney in the Fall of 2005. Negotiations between the two companies resumed and a deal for Disney to purchase Pixar was reached fairly quickly and announced in January 2006. Part of the deal was that John Lasseter and Ed Catmull of Pixar would take over control of Disney Animation. One of Lasseter's first moves was to end production on Toy Story 3,[1] and shut down Circle 7.[2]
In February 2006, Disney CEO Robert Iger confirmed that Disney was in the process of transferring the production to Pixar, during Disney's 2006 first-quarter earnings conference call.[3]
On February 8, 2007, Ed Catmull announced that Toy Story 3 was in production for a 2009 release, with Toy Story 2 co-director Lee Unkrich as the sole director of the film and Michael Arndt, whose screenplay for Little Miss Sunshine won an Oscar, writing the script.[4] A week later, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, director Lee Unkrich corrected the release date as being 2010, not 2009.[5]
[edit] Voice cast
| Character | Voice actor |
| Woody | Tom Hanks[6] |
| Buzz Lightyear | Tim Allen[6] |
[edit] Previous plots
The plot for the aborted Circle 7 version of the film focused on a recall of Buzz Lightyear toys, which includes Andy's. This led to a group of toys venturing to Taiwan to rescue Buzz, who has been malfunctioning. As previously indicated, this version has now been scrapped.[7]
There are hints as to what the new plot will be, although they remain unconfirmed. In the bonus material of the first two films' "Ultimate Toy Box" DVD set, Lassetter mentioned that an intended story line for Toy Story 3 was to follow Andy's toys after Andy had grown up and abandoned them. Buzz, Woody and the rest of Andy's old toys would end up in an orphanage at the conclusion of the story, where the constant arrival of new children would mean that they would never be outgrown. This idea originated in an early draft of the original Toy Story, where Tinny (from Tin Toy) and a ventriloquist's dummy are hauled away by a junk man and are left at a preschool.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ AP. "Disney to Acquire Pixar for $7.4B in Stock", CBSNews, 2006-01-25. Retrieved on 2007-03-06.
- ^ Claudia Eller (2006-03-22). Disney scrubs animation unit set up to make Pixar sequels. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on 2007-03-06.
- ^ Jill Goldsmith. "Mouse signing off", Variety, 2006-02-06. Retrieved on 2007-03-06.
- ^ Ben Fritz. "'Toy Story' sequel set", Variety, 2007-02-08. Retrieved on 2007-03-06.
- ^ Steve Daly. "Toys Out of the Attic", Entertainment Weekly, 2007-02-16. Retrieved on 2007-03-06.
- ^ a b Scott Weinberg. ""Toy Story 3" Leads Locked, Hand-Drawn "Frog Princess" Also a Go", Rotten Tomatoes, 2007-03-09. Retrieved on 2007-03-10.
- ^ Steve Daly. "The Other Story", Entertainment Weekly, 2006-06-16. Retrieved on 2007-03-06.
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Feature Films: Toy Story (1995) • A Bug's Life (1998) • Toy Story 2 (1999) • Monsters, Inc. (2001) • Finding Nemo (2003) • The Incredibles (2004) • Cars (2006) • Ratatouille (2007) • WALL-E (2008) • Toy Story 3 (2010)
Short Films: Luxo Jr. (1986) • Red's Dream (1987) • Tin Toy (1988) • Knick Knack (1989) • Geri's Game (1997) • For the Birds (2000) • Mike's New Car (2002) • Boundin' (2003) • Jack-Jack Attack (2005) • One Man Band (2005) • Mater and the Ghostlight (2006) • Lifted (2006)
People: John Lasseter • Glenn McQueen • Joe Ranft • Brad Bird • Andrew Stanton • Pete Docter • Lee Unkrich • Jan Pinkava • John Ratzenberger • Ed Catmull • Steve Jobs
See also: The Adventures of André and Wally B. • List of Disney theatrical animated features
