TOY STORY 4 Will Be a Love Story Between Woody and Bo Peep, John Lasseter Says

Before the panels really begin in Anaheim at Disney's D23 Expo, there's some news about one of the most anticipated projects in development at Pixar. Toy Story 4 was announced a while back for a 2017 release, and director John Lasseter brought on screenwriters Rashida Jones and Will McCormack, who wrote the solid dramedy Celeste & Jesse Forever, to pen the script. We knew the movie will be a love story that picks up after Toy Story 3 ends, but who are the two characters that are in love?

Now we know. Lasseter told CNBC:

"It's a love story with Woody and—and this is news—Bo Peep."

Not exactly a groundbreaking shake-up in the toy universe, but it's news nonetheless. I sort of like the anchor's guess that the love story will be between Woody and Buzz just because that would be sort of crazy for a big movie like this to do, even in a society that's inching toward becoming more progressive.

Bo Peep was absent from Toy Story 3, so this may be a love story of the "long lost" variety between her and Woody. I'm sure we'll have more information about this movie and many more Disney films in the coming hours and days. To see an early teaser poster for Toy Story 4 and some of Pixar's other upcoming movies, click here.