TOY STORY 4 Coming in 2017!
Pixar has announced that Toy Story 4 is a go and that John Lasseter will be back to direct the CG animated sequel. Lasseter co-created Toy Story and directed the first two films and has served as the chief creative officer of both Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios for the past 8 years.
I think we all knew that we would see a Toy Story 4 happen. The studio has been keeping the franchise fresh and alive with the television specials that they've been releasing. I truly love how they ended Toy Story 3, and I didn't really need to see another film after that. But Pixar must have cracked a great story that they are passionate about telling. There are no story details at this time, but I'm sure that all the usual suspects will return, along with a few new characters. The movie will be released sometime in 2017, and I'm sure Toy Story fans will be thrilled.
Press release from Disney•Pixar:
Nearly two decades after Pixar Animation Studios created the world’s first computer-animated feature film with “Toy Story,” it 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.
Director John Lasseter works with members of his story team on Disney•Pixar's "Toy Story 4," a new chapter in the lives of Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the "Toy Story" gang.