Woody is put on a shelf with Wheezy, a squeeze-toy penguin with a broken squeaker. A sequel, Toy Story 3, was released in June 2010.Īndy Davis is preparing to go to cowboy camp with his favorite toy Woody, but during Andy's playtime, Woody's arm tears, prompting Andy to leave him home. The film has seen multiple home media releases and a theatrical 3-D re-release in 2009, 10 years after its initial release. Among its accolades, the film won Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy at the 57th Golden Globe Awards. It is considered by critics to be one of the few sequel films superior to the original and is frequently featured on lists of the greatest animated films ever made. It was met with widespread critical acclaim, with a rare 100% rating on the website Rotten Tomatoes, like its predecessor. ĭespite production struggles, Toy Story 2 opened on November 24, 1999, to wildly successful box office numbers, eventually grossing over $497 million. Although most Pixar features take years to develop, the established release date could not be moved and the production schedule for Toy Story 2 was compressed into nine months. Lasseter and the story team redeveloped the entire plot in one weekend.
When story reels proved promising, Disney upgraded the film to a theatrical release, but Pixar was unhappy with the film's quality. The film began production in a building separated from Pixar, on a small scale, as most of the main Pixar staff were busy working on A Bug's Life (1998). The returning cast is joined by Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Estelle Harris, Wayne Knight, and Jodi Benson, who play the new characters introduced in this film.ĭisney initially envisioned Toy Story 2 as a direct-to-video sequel. Lee Ermey, John Morris, and Laurie Metcalf reprise their roles from the first film. Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Jim Varney, Annie Potts, R. In the film, Woody is stolen by a toy collector, prompting Buzz Lightyear and his friends to rescue him, but Woody is then tempted by the idea of immortality in a museum. It is the second installment in the Toy Story franchise and the sequel to Toy Story (1995). The Circle 7 version of Toy Story 3 was scrapped, and a new version was produced from scratch by Pixar, and released in 2010.Toy Story 2 is a 1999 American computer-animated comedy film directed by John Lasseter and produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures.In January 2006, Disney bought Pixar, and ultimately closed Circle 7 Studios.Ric Sluiter, Jim Martin and Shane Zalvin created the concept art. However, the studio wanted it to be written and handed it to Bob Hilgenberg and Rob Muir, who wrote the script for the sequel to Monsters, Inc. Among the rejected ideas was a script written by Teacher's Pet writers Bill and Cheri Steinkellner that involved Woody and the gang finding toys that had been stolen out of Andy's grandmother's attic in a whodunit-style mystery.įinally, Disney chose a draft that had been submitted by Jim Herzfeld. In addition to creating screenplays for sequels to Monsters, Inc. and Finding Nemo, the animators at Circle 7 also began developing ideas for a third Toy Story film. This new studio was named Circle 7 Animation, after the street on which it was located, Circle 7 Drive. Eisner decided to create a new animation studio in Glendale, California and chose to produce sequels to various Pixar produced films. However, Micheal Eisner stated that he was fine with the idea because he believed that the company could produce sequels to Pixar's films that would be just as good as the originals. Steve Jobs who was at the time the head of Disney announced in early 2004 that The Walt Disney Company had decided not to renew its contract with Pixar. After the malfunction, all Buzz Lightyear toys are recalled. Following that, Woody and his friends go to Taiwan to rescue him. The premise is about Buzz Lightyear is sent back to Taiwan due to a malfunction.