Toy Story 3 Gets Director, Screenwriter and Release Year
Filed under: Animation, Comedy, Disney, Family Films, Remakes and Sequels
We knew this news was coming since way back when Pixar and Disney kissed and made up: Toy Story 3 is officially a Go. Variety fills us in with all the details: Production on the third adventure of Buzz Lightyear and Woody the Cowboy is about to get underway, but John Lasseter (director of TS and TS2) will not be at the helm this time. (He is the Chief Creative Officer for Disney Animation, don't forget.) This means that directorial duties fall squarely on Mr. Lee Unkrich, but this guy's more than earned the gig by now. (He was an editor/co-director on Pixar beauties like Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc. and Finding Nemo.)And here's another interesting tidbit: Seems that Little Miss Sunshine screenwriter Michael Arndt has been tapped to pen Toy Story 3. (Hey, score one for the little guy!) Anyway, Disney says that TS3 should be ready by 2009, which is kind of a long time to wait -- but, like most of you, I'm just thrilled that things worked out this way. We came kind of close to getting a Pixar-free Toy Story 3, didn't we?
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2-09-2007 @ 11:41AM
Tush said...
Boo, Pixar needs to do something different. They need to put themselves above and beyond what other CG studios are doing.
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2-10-2007 @ 12:57AM
GhaleonQ said...
Um, I believe that, apart from a few toy pop culture jokes, Toy Story 1 and Toy Story 2 were quite different. As it stands, though, I think that this won't be as good as Ratatouille or American Dog (if the old director/writer has his imprint squarely on the film).
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