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Source- Disney BlogsNearly two decades after Pixar Animation Studios created the world’s first computer-animated feature film with Toy Story, today it has revealed plans for Disney•Pixar’s Toy Story 4, an adventure that returns audiences to the world of the studio’s signature characters.
John Lasseter, director of the original Toy Story and Toy Story 2, will direct the film, which opens a new chapter in the lives of Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the Toy Story gang. The story was dreamt up by Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter and Lee Unkrich, the storytellers who have been the driving force behind all three Toy Story films.
“We love these characters so much; they are like family to us,” said Lasseter. “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.”
Writing team Rashida Jones and Will McCormack (Celeste and Jesse Forever) joined the project, and Pixar veteran Galyn Susman (ABC’s Toy Story OF TERROR! and Toy Story that Time Forgot) is producing.
Toy Story 4 is slated for release on June 16, 2017.
Well, there it is. After a few years of speculation, rumors, and short films, we have confirmation that Toy Story 4 is going to be a real thing. This early it’s hard to imagine what to make of this. On one hand, the Toy Story Trilogy is darn near perfect. It chronicles the life of a child as seen through the eyes of his toys as he grows up, matures, and moves on. It doesn’t really seem like there’s any story left to tell with these characters. Yeah Woody and the gang will have further adventures with Bonnie, but the linking element of the films, the bond between Woody and Andy, is gone.
On the other hand, it’s Pixar. Four-five years ago I was saying pretty much the same thing: “Why do we need a Toy Story 3? The first two are so perfect! Why ruin a good thing?” And then Toy Story 3 came out. The fact of the matter is that despite some hiccups (Cars 2, and to a lesser extent Monsters University) Pixar tends to excel in the story telling department, and I don’t feel like Lasseter would put this on a schedule, or consider it at all, if he didn’t feel like there was a story worth telling. The articles implies that he, as well as his previous Toy Story partners, have a solid idea in mind, so right out of the gate I think there's reason to be optimistic. Making it feel like a natural continuation of the previous films will be an uphill battle for them, though, and I eagerly await for story tidbits to see how they do it.
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