“Toy Story 4” not only brings back familiar characters like Buzz and Woody, but it also unites two generations of Pixar moviemaking talent.
"Toy Story 4" producer Jonas Rivera, from left, director Josh Cooley and producer Mark Nielsen at Disney's Hollywood Studios on June 8 in Orlando, Florida.
Even as it brings together familiar characters including Woody , Buzz and Bo Peep with new ones including Forky , stunt-motorcyclist action figure Duke Caboom and plush-toy duo Ducky and Bunny , “Toy Story 4” unites two generations of Pixar talent. Key players at the studio who originally brought the franchise to life, including Andrew Stanton and Pete Docter, have teamed up with people like Cooley who grew up with the “Toy Story” movies.
In wake of “Toy Story 3,” which ended with an air of finality when the toys’ owner, Andy, went off to college, few expected the franchise to continue. But even before the film was released, Stanton — who has had screenplay or story credit on every “Toy Story” movie — quietly started discussing ideas for where the series could potentially go with fellow Pixar brain trust members John Lasseter, Docter and “Toy Story 3” director Lee Unkrich.
For Cooley, learning he was assuming the directing reins of the film on his own was a shock to the system. “I was being pushed out of the nest,” he says. “I remember my vision kind of being blurry and the sound going mute a little bit. It was an out-of-body experience. But I never thought of saying no.”
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