#Toy story 3 credits series#

Pixar was ready to look for a new partner. Disney wasn't counting sequels towards its original 5-film agreement, not even the unanimously-praised box office hit Toy Story 2, which began as a direct-to-video project and ended up as cinema gold. Toy Story 3 was once a key issue in the negotiations to extend Pixar's distribution deal with Disney.

#Toy story 3 credits series#

And if any series could do it, why not one that already seemed to tap into childhood nostalgia? When you thought about it, was there really any chance a studio that could do so right by so many people would allow their precious breakthrough baby to be followed by the first Pixar film not considered an overwhelming success on every level?

Of course, if anybody was going to make a sequel that could soar higher than childhood nostalgia, it was Pixar. And don't even get most Star Wars fans started on George Lucas' prequel trilogy. The most vocal moviegoers seem to think that Steven Spielberg stumbled on Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Francis Ford Coppola couldn't do it on The Godfather Part III. Doing so once again over a decade later with the first two films long etched in stone as classics, was quite another. It was one thing for Toy Story 2 to delight audiences four years after its pioneering antecedent. Winning over this audience, doubtlessly more cynical by the day, as well as a new generation of kids would mean pulling off one of cinema's rarest feats: making a sequel that lived up to its predecessors. On Toy Story 3, Pixar not only had to satisfy themselves and their constantly rising standards for craft and artistry,īut also the children of the 1990s, who had grown up rightfully regarding the first two Toy Story movies among the greatest of their time. It also clearly isn't a popular concept at Pixar, as evidenced by the company's aversion to sequels while other studios made billions off them. Repetition, a fundamental part of sequels, is generally frowned upon in art. Could the studio take viewers back to a world not visited in eleven years while advancing their unprecedentedly spotless track record with critics and audiences? In many ways, Toy Story 3 was the ultimate challenge.

At the same time, Pixar has in recent years pushed themselves to continue raising the bar for computer-animated filmmaking. Pixar Animation Studios have prided themselves on originality, a virtue that didn't seem exemplified by returning to the widely embraced universe of their first and third feature films. Lee Ermey (Sarge), Jan Rabson (Sparks), Richard Kind (Bookworm), Erik Von Detten (Sid) Charlie Bright, Amber Kroner, Brianna Malwand (Peas-in-a-Pod) Jack Willis (Frog)īuy The Toy Story Trilogy: Ultimate Toy Box Collection (10-Disc Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy Set) Pricklepants), Lori Alan (Bonnie's Mom), Charlie Bright (Young Andy), Kristen Schaal (Trixie), Jeff Garlin (Buttercup), Bonnie Hunt (Dolly), John Cygan (Twitch), Jeff Pidgeon (Aliens), Whoopi Goldberg (Stretch), Jack Angel (Chunk), R. Potato Head), John Morris (Andy Davis), Jodi Benson (Barbie), Emily Hahn (Bonnie), Laurie Metcalf (Andy's Mom), Blake Clark (Slinky Dog), Teddy Newton (Chatter Telephone), Bud Luckey (Chuckles), Beatrice Miller (Molly Davis), Javier Fernández-Peña (Spanish Buzz), Timothy Dalton (Mr. Potato Head), Michael Keaton (Ken), Wallace Shawn (Rex), John Ratzenberger (Hamm), Estelle Harris (Mrs. Voice Cast: Tom Hanks (Woody), Tim Allen (Buzz Lightyear), Joan Cusack (Jessie), Ned Beatty (Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear), Don Rickles (Mr. Theatrical Release: J/ Running Time: 102 Minutes / Rating: G / Songs Listĭirector: Lee Unkrich / Writers: Michael Arndt (screenplay) John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich (story)