Ladies and Gentlemen, whether you like it or not, the Pixar Playlist
Well, we had to get back to Toy Story at some point and honestly, it’s further down the line than you might’ve thought, whilst Toy Storys 1 and 2 were released in 1995 and 1999 respectively, we’d have to wait another 11 years for another follow up. That’s not to say ideas weren’t being chucked around. Disney had their animation group Circle 7 come up with some ideas for a sequel before Pixar was bought out, these ideas were entirely scrapped after the buyout and a new proposal worked from scratch.
But we have old pros in the writing department, John Lasseter has been involved with dozens of animated projects, including both previous Toy Story Movies and Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich, now also the director, had both been involved in Toy Story 2. From what I can tell, the biggest behind the scenes headache was the climax, which required almost a year’s worth of research from the crew, I’ll get more into that in the review.
They also needed to create entirely new models for all the characters as the old ones weren’t compatible with the new editing software. The film had a $200m, the largest budget so far, but went onto making over $1bn at the Box Office, getting near universal critical acclaim and getting 5 academy award nominations, including being the last animated film to get a nomination for Best Picture, and 2 wins.
