Pixar Takes Over Toy Story 3

[Mr. Fusion]

Huh. Of all places, I found this on SciFi Wire (http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=3&id=34529):
Now that Disney has completed its takeover of Pixar, the animation studio will take over development of the long-gestating Toy Story 3, the Bloomberg news service reported. While reporting the company's first-quarter earnings, Disney chief executive officer Robert Iger said that Disney would release about two Pixar films each year, an increase over Pixar's earlier goal of about one per year, and that Pixar will take over production of Toy Story 3, a sequel that Disney's in-house animators had been working on.

Disney also said that it expects to release Pixar's animated Ratatouille in the summer of 2007. The film is about a rat who lives in a fancy Parisian restaurant run by a famous but eccentric chef.

[Isaac]

Doesn't surprise me.

Pixar had a script for Toy Story 3 but wouldn't make it unless Disney paid for it. Pixar's version was about the boy becoming a young adult and not wanting his toys anymore. In the end the toys find a new home (or homes) and the series ends as a trilogy.

I hope that's what Pixar still has in mind.

[Gemini Cricket]

I still want to see Jessie reunited with her first owner, too.
:)

[Moonliner]

I still want to see Jessie reunited with her first owner, too.
:)

Or her kids I'd expect...

I know if I could find a lot of my lost toys I'd love to pass them on.

Anyone know where I can still find creepy-crawler goo? (The original toxic stuff not that safe ****)

[Ghoulish Delight]

Anyone know where I can still find creepy-crawler goo? (The original toxic stuff not that safe ****)Well, if it's toxic, try checking any tains headed for Nevada.

[innerSpaceman]

I want to see all the toys replaced by video games; no kids want to play with them anymore, and they end up on the Island of Misfit Toys to be featured in crappy Rankin Bass TV sequels for the next 30 years.


Feh on Toy Story 3 in any of its forms. I hope Tim Allen and Tom Hanks have the gumption to remain off the project.

[Gemini Cricket]

It could be good, you never know. With Pixar at the helm, it might be a winner.

:shrug:

[innerSpaceman]

Meh, not everything Pixar has done has been gold, imo. Pointedly, I thought Toy Story 2 was mediocre. There were some fine moments, but the plot and execution SCREAMED sequel ... I didnt' much care for it. If it materializes, I will not even plunk down $14 to see Toy Story 3.




(The other one I didn't like was Bug's Life, which I found way too jeuvenile for my tastes. I think all their other films appeal to both kids and adults, and are brilliant for that. Bug's Life, to me, seemed strictly a kiddie movie.)

[tracilicious]

I agree with :iSm: about Toy Story 3. It just doesn't need to be made. At the end of Toy Story 2 we are left with the thought that someday the toys would be discarded or split up, but that they were going to enjoy all the time they had with Andy. I don't need to see that happen. Sounds sad to me.

I did really like Toy Story 2 though. More so than Toy Story 1. I also really liked A Bug's Life. I wish they hadn't mucked it up by putting A Bug's Bland in DCA though.

[Isaac]

Tim Allen and Tom Hanks both said no to the project only because (at that time) Pixar would not be involved. Now that they are, the actors may sign on. Tim already has a contract with Walt Disney Pictures so getting him might not be so difficult (especially after making The Shaggy Dog 2006).

I'm not particularly happy that Disney is pumping out another sequel but as I stated previously, I'd rather see Pixar work on the movie than Disney alone. One thing I like about Pixar's idea for the movie is that it would end the series, so at least it would give some hope that there won't be any additional sequels to Toy Story (though I can't speak for the rest of the Pixar movies).

Personally, I hate Toy Story, and I find that quite funny cause it was the only movie created by both Pixar and Disney, while the rest were just Pixar.

What concerns me about Pixar is the amount of work Disney is expecting of them. I read somewhere that Disney is expecting Pixar to produce at least 2 animated movies each year. The quality of their movies might take a nose dive.

[Alex]

According to the 2005 annual report (the one for FY2004) for Pixar they were already putting into place the capacity to work towards two releases a year (acknowledging that just one a year created huge financial risks if they ever release a bomb).

So hopefully 2 a year won't be that bad. But it does raise the spector of 3 or 4 animated movies a year from Disney (in house, not even counting the various distribution contracts they live with Vanguard) which is probably getting to be too much even if each is a gem.

[innerSpaceman]

I predict quality won't be able to accomodate the ramped-up schedule. Frankly, the law of averages alone puts Pixar in line for a flop real soon (and it looks to me like Cars may be the one).



Everyone's entitled to their own opinion, but until The Incredibles came along, Toy Story was my favorite Pixar film.

[Ghoulish Delight]

(and it looks to me like Cars may be the one).Bah. I thought Monster's Inc. was going to be the one. I thought Nemo was going to be the one. And it was only those past experiences that prevented me from thinking The Incredibles was going to be the one. I've learned that there's not point in making a judgement on a Pixar movie until you see it.

[innerSpaceman]

Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo and The Incredibles all looked good to me in previews. Not so A Bugs Life, which I disliked.

I have not been impressed with any of the Cars previews I've seen, including the one now screening with Lady and the Tramp.


Ergo, I have a reasonable expectation of meh-ness. (Though I don't expect anything as awful as The Phantom Menace.)

[Ghoulish Delight]

(Though I don't expect anything as awful as The Phantom Menace.)Nobody expects The Phantom Menace. It's chief weapon is the element of surprise.

[Prudence]

and a fanatical devotion to the force?

[Scrooge McSam]

Nobody expects The Phantom Menace. It's chief weapon is the element of surprise.

... and.. wait, it's TWO chief weapons are...

[orbitalpunk]

I always thought Toy Story 3 would end like this. Andy grows up. The toys are given to Molly, the little sister. She in turn brings them to her kindergarten class and leaves them there where they will always be played with by children. the end. Toy Story 1 is my favorite of the bunch. I've see it 30+ times now. Just such a good story and so original.

And cars looks very disappointing. Hope it has nothing to do with Joe Ranft's passing since he was head of story for Pixar.

[Prudence]

I will have to go hit up my Pixar insider for info.....

(Hey - it's my only movie connection and opportunity to name drop. Cut a girl some slack!)