Jan 26 2006No More Toy Story 3
Now that Pixar and Disney have become one, John Lasseter and Ed Catmull announced to the Disney animation department that they are no longer producing Toy Story 3. The news comes from a forum, where the author claims:
They said that sequels should only be made if there is a really great story that demands it, and should be the domain of those who created the original film.
In other words, if Pixar wants to make a sequel to its films, it will. If Disney Feature wants to make a sequel to its film, it will. But the two will not cross.
That's a shame real shame. I think Toy Story was one of the few cases where the sequel may actually outshine the first. I can only assume the third film would have been even better, and a fourth even better than that, and so on and so on. Until eventually, after 150 or so, they're getting so good that God has to physically intervene, because we're just getting "too close."
Reader Comments
1. Algernon - January 26, 2006 2:39 PM
If God was going to intervene with Pixar, He would have done it after The Incredibles came out.
Toy Story 3 does sound like it would be good, but it's nice to see that there's at least one film studio out there that's not a complete sequel-whore.
2. nicchus - January 26, 2006 10:56 PM
Er. You do realize that this would have been an Eisner run Toy Story that had nothing to do with Pixar or John Lasseter, yes? I'm glad Pixar's first order of business back in the Mouse House was to crush that project like Bruce Lee's fist on a larynx.
While it's true that Pixar's last movie reached hights higher than even John Holmes' cock could reach, allowing Disney to make a Toy Story 3 without Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, or any of the Pixar staff would turn out a project that would be about as good as Cars. Oops.
3. hafaball - January 27, 2006 11:47 AM
what they should do is make a sequel to Monsters inc. that movie kicked balls.
4. giromide - January 28, 2006 4:30 PM
(What's the deal with Cars? Is it not as good as all the other ones?)
You must love mergers where the acquired company is the one wearing the pants. Jobs is going to assume an important position with Disney and will ensure Pixar continues wearing the pants.
What else could Disney have done? Their in-house efforts of the last... oh... seven or eight years have fallen flat. They've been in competition with themselves for quite some time. Pixar films were the only bright spot at Disney until ABC started to crawl out of the gutter.
I suspect we'll see a third Toy Story, but it will be done Pixar's way. So, it'll be good.