'Toy Story 4': Tom Hanks Says Pixar Working On Film

Following critical acclaim, an Oscar for Best Animated Feature and a global box office take of $1,063,171,911, "Toy Story 3" was beyond successful. Combine that gold with the film having ended with Woody and the gang getting a new, youthful owner, and a fourth film would seem a no brainer.

And according to Tom Hanks, it's already underway.

When asked by a BBC interviewer whether his new granddaughter would have a fourth "Toy Story" to see, the voice of Woody said, "I think there will be, yeah. I think they're working on it now."

The work on "Toy Story" actually hasn't stopped with the release of the third film; Pixar released a short, "Hawaiian Vacation," ahead of their newest film, "Cars 2," which won the box office this past weekend. They'll release another later this year, rumored to be planned ahead of "The Muppets."

Disney is also introducing another new storyline for the film series' characters, a space adventure featuring Buzz Lightyear and space-suit clad Woody and Rex blasting off to fight the evil Zurg, to be featured in new toys and a digital book.

Pixar also released the teaser trailer for their next film, the Scottish heroine-driven "Brave," on Monday.

Click over to the BBC to watch the full Hanks interview.

Comments

[J the Mac]

07:51 PM on 06/28/2011

Of course, why wouldn't we ruin a series that ended on the perfect note? Everyone loves an unwanted sequel!

[nicole1983]

08:18 PM on 07/28/2011

Exactly!! Lmao

[kvolovesart]

06:41 PM on 06/28/2011

Why are people so against Disney? Disney rocks...they have provided me and my family decades of fun and great movies...all the pixar movies are great...accept walle...that was boring...

[MissIndependentLady]

01:21 PM on 06/28/2011

D@mn you Hollywood and your incessant greed.

[BurntFlower]

12:50 PM on 06/28/2011

Please, Pixar, PLEASE don't do it. Toy Story 3 ended the series perfectly. Don't ruin that with a sequel!

[leorangerie]

12:19 PM on 06/28/2011

Now that Pixar is part of Disney, for all its creative autonomy, Pixar must feed the theme-park merchandising beast. So the sequels will just keep coming.

[Bdub24]

11:37 AM on 06/28/2011

$$$$...Sequels + Rebooting = The Hollywood hit making factory tapping out of ideals...$$$$

[MikeDu]

11:29 AM on 06/28/2011

Since the children are long grown up I assume the toys are going to be recycled, ground up into plastic flakes, and shipped to China to make into air conditioner fronts.

[JimR]

09:26 AM on 06/28/2011

This is getting ridiculous. What's next, "Toy Story vs. Predator"?

[siljerjo]

05:57 AM on 06/28/2011

I'm too old to be as excited about this as I am. Silly me, thinking they would wrap it up after 3... But the very idea of another movie with these characters - Totoro included! - is just great. I guess corporate greed can produce some great things.

[gershep1]

02:12 AM on 06/28/2011

Have to admit that the TS movies are the only Pixar films I don't own. Very good, but don't need to see them again. Liked TS3 mainly because of the ending, tho overall I didn't enjoy it as much as How to Train Your Dragon or even Tangled. But enough with the sequels already! How about something new? I got a kick out of Pixar always winning me over with films I didn't think I'd like such as The Incredibles or Ratatouille (my favorite).

[chaapai]

01:57 AM on 06/28/2011

So, they are going to continue to beat a dead horse and run the franchise into a million sequels and prequels like the "Predator" and "Aliens" movies?

[Heidland]

01:14 AM on 06/28/2011

Toy Story 4: It's all about merchandising now.

Soon to be followed by

Toy Story 5: Because you bought the first four.

[Frightwolf]

10:46 PM on 06/27/2011

I love Toy Story, but Toy Story 3 was such a fantastic, emotional and perfect ending that I really think it should end there. Work on new projects like Brave.

[Ross Edwards]

10:55 AM on 06/28/2011

I agree completely. Taken as a trilogy, the Toy Story movies feel like they've completed their arc by having the toys go to a new owner.

[Cyber Controller]

10:45 PM on 06/27/2011

No no no no no no! Number three was the perfect ending.

[repugnicansfearme]

10:28 PM on 06/27/2011

BOOM!! YEAH! There you go! USA USA USA. All you foreign film makers can suck it!!! Toy Story 4!!! This time, it's for real..................... This is cinema brilliance.

[hargrcx]

06:16 AM on 06/28/2011

Faved just for screen name alone!!!