Everything We Know About "Toy Story 4" Grab your tissues, it's about to get emotional. By Carolyn Twersky, Tamara Fuentes And Jasmine Gomez APR 4, 2019
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The end of Toy Story 3 definitely seemed like the end of the franchise. In case you need a refresher, at the end of the movie Andy gives away all of his childhood toys to pre-schooler, Bonnie. Don't fret though, because all your favorite toys are going to be back for more crazy antics in 2019 and it's going to be as heartwarming and emotional as ever. Here's everything we know about the upcoming installment:
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE TOY STORY 4 PLOT SO FAR?
We know what happens in the first 17 minutes! Disney screened the start of the film at their recent CinemaCon presentation. Without giving away any spoilers, the beginning of the film explores how Forky came to be and his adjustment to life as a new toy. If you're worried that you’ll have to binge watch all the movies leading up to Toy Story 4, don't fret: a montage in those first few minutes catches us up to the present.
1 The exclusive screening also gave us a peek into Woody's life, as a toy under Bonnie's ownership. They don't really have a close relationship, since she's not too interested in playing with him. This causes Woody to start reevaluating his purpose. And if you're wondering, yes the movie includes a rendition of our favorite Toy Story song, "You've Got a Friend."
WHO IS THE VILLAIN?
You've already met Toy Story 4's big villain, but you might be surprised to see who it is. Gabby Gabby, a doll at the same shop that Bo Peep has been in, is in charge and she's not happy when things don't go her own way.
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"Gabby has been in this antique store for 60-plus years," director Josh Cooley told Entertainment Weekly. "We’ve never seen creepy, old dolls like that in Toy Story, and this was an opportunity to do that. Gabby is a perfect toy except for the fact that she’s got one thing broken about her that’s been keeping her from being purchased and loved forever. So when Woody comes across her, it’s bad right out the gate. And in fact, meeting her for the first time is one of my favorite scenes in the whole movie."
Gabby is voiced by Christina Hendricks and it looks like she has two very different sides to her in the film.
"We couldn’t have picked a better person to voice our villain than Christina Hendricks," Cooley told Entertainment Weekly. "It’s perfect. She can play such sweet innocence and kindness, and then at the flip of a switch, she can go just so cold and terrifying. It’s so much fun."
IS THERE AN OFFICIAL TRAILER YET?
2 After months of teaser trailers, fans finally got the first official full length trailer that features Woody going out to save Forky after he tries to abandon Bonnie since he's not technically a toy. This journey leads them to find Bo Peep and causes the rest of the toys to go out and find them before Bonnie realizes they're all gone. If you cried at Toy Story 3, you'll definitely need some tissues for this one. Check it out below:
IS THERE A POSTER?
Along with the new trailer, Disney also released the brand new Toy Story 4 poster featuring some old favorites and a couple of new toys that will be joining Woody and Buzz on their new journey.
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Some of the older characters that are missing include Jessie, Slinky Dog, Rex, Hamm, Mr. Potato Head, and the Aliens. However, fans shouldn't worry as they've been seen around in the teasers, so we will definitely be seeing them in the new film as well!
ARE THERE ANY CLIPS FROM THE MOVIE?
4 While we've gotten tons of teaser trailers in the past few weeks leading up to Toy Story 4, we haven't seen any clips from the actual movie...until now. Annie Potts, who voices Little Bo Peep, went of Good Morning America to share a clip from the upcoming movie.
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In the scene, we get to see the toys up to their old antics, using whatever they have to get things done, in this case, using Slinky Dog to save a toy stuck outside in the rain. 5 Honestly, if this scene doesn't get you excited for Toy Story 4, I'm not sure what will.
While on GMA, Annie also shared that in the new movie, Bo will find love. While in the past, Bo has struggled to choose between Woody and Buzz, she's finally going to make up her mind in the fourth movie.
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6 "I think she's made a choice now," said Annie when asked if Bo finally makes a decision regarding her love life. Unfortunately, Annie wouldn't give anything else away regarding what her choice actually is, so we will just have to wait until June to see!
DOES TOY STORY 4 LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN FOR A FIFTH MOVIE?
While fans continue to count down the days before they join Woody and Buzz on their latest adventure, Tim Allen says that it might not be the last time we see the two buddies and their toy friends on the big screen.
"Once you've gotten to four, you're passed that trilogy [point], so I don't see any reason why they wouldn't do it, certainly," he told Entertainment Tonight. "If you ask me, I'd say do five."
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Of course, fans might be remember when Toy Story 3 was said to be the last film in the series. So they probably aren't totally surprised to hear that a fifth movie might be possible.
WILL BUZZ LIGHTYEAR BE IN IT?
Thanks to a teaser from the movie's Instagram, we know that Bo Peep is coming back for the franchise's fourth installment, but what about the classic toys like Buzz Lightyear? Well, he will be back, but it seems like he may find himself in a little bit of trouble in Toy Story 4. In a teaser that aired during the Super Bowl, we see Woody and Bo hanging out at a carnival. They seem to be really enjoying it, but Buzz is no where to be found.
Unfortunately, Buzz is tied up...literally. He has been placed on a wall as a carnival game prize and it looks like he will need some help to escape. The only toys around to help though, are Ducky and Bunny, two new furry friends voiced by Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key. They aren't too keen to help Buzz, however, they're more mad that he took their "top prize spot."
While we don't know what will happen to Buzz (will he escape? Will he be sent home with a prize-winning kid?), we can assume this predicament will play out in Toy Story 4 when it's released in June 2019.
IS THE MOVIE ALMOST DONE BEING MADE?
7 Tim Allen and Tom Hanks just revealed that they've finished voice recording for Toy Story 4 and they're getting emotional after having to say goodbye to Woody and Buzz again.
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"Finished my Buzz for Toy Story 4 today and it got emotional. Wonderful full body story. You are all going to love the work this incredible team at Pixar created. We are all going to love this story....man its got everything," Tim Allen wrote.
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"Final line, final session as Woody of Toy Story 4. We rode like the wind, to infinity and beyond," Tom Hanks wrote.
Tony Hale, who is playing new character Forky, also posted a photo with him and the rest of the cast.
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Final day recording Toy Story 4 with these wonderful people. Can’t wait for everyone to see it! #forkylives 5,886 12:21 AM - Jan 31, 2019 577 people are talking about this
WHAT IS THE MOVIE ABOUT?
We already knew that Toy Story 4 would center around Bo Peep, who was absent from the previous film, but now, thanks to Entertainment Weekly, we have more of a sense of what the fourth installment of the franchise will cover.
In a new teaser from Disney, we see Bo in a whole new look—some fabulous tiered pants! Since we last saw her, Bo has been out on the road, exploring the world outside of Andy's bedroom.
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"Bo’s taken control of her own destiny,” said the movie's director, Josh Cooley. "While Woody was watching Andy grow up, Bo gathered dust until she took it upon herself to head out into the world. And when Woody shows up, they can’t believe that they’ve found each other again.”
Woody finds Bo when he goes on a road trip with his new owner, Bonnie and her family. While initially the two toys are very happy to see each other, they soon realize a lot has changed and they have very different ideas regarding what it means to be a toy.
Chief Creative Officer of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios John Lasseter is excited to explore Bo in the upcoming film. "I love Bo Peep," he said at Disney’s D23 Expo. "And we never got to know her backstory. She wasn't in Toy Story 3 at all, so it really set us up nicely for her to come back. It's a very special story."
WILL THERE BE NEW TOYS?
Along with the original cast of characters, we will also meet some new toys in Toy Story 4. Pixar released a new teaser trailer featuring two new very fluffy characters, 12 Ducky and Bunny. If the duo sounds familiar to you, it's because they're voiced by comedian pair Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key.
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In the teaser, Ducky and Bunny are prizes at a theme park and they're just as excited as the rest of us for the upcoming Toy Story movie. As they're trying to remember Buzz Lightyear's famous catchphrase they're interrupted by non-other than Buzz and Woody!
In addition to Ducky and Bunny, we also met Forky in the first teaser for the new movie. Forky freaks out because he's not a toy, simply a fork with pipe cleaners, but something tells me he's going to be sticking around anyway.
Attendees of Barcelona's CineEurope festival this summer got to see a sneak peak of the movie and one fan took to Twitter to share even more news of the cast.
According to @mrbyrkin, the movie will introduce some new heroes including a Hawaiian paper doll named Lulu. We'll have to wait to get any more info though because Pixar is remaining pretty tightlipped for now.
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Replying to @mrbyrkin @ManaByte Well, was one of them a Hawaiian girl doll named Lulu? Because that was one of the new characters teased at D23.
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HAVE THERE BEEN ANY TEASERS?
There's still some time before the movie comes out, but Disney also already released a teaser trailer for Toy Story 4 and there's a brand new character!
The toys seem to be back in Andy's room with his iconic cloud wallpaper. As they join hands and dance around in a circle, there's an unfamiliar new toy that doesn't seem to fit in. Check it out below:
While not much is known about this new character, according to IMDB, his name is Forky and is voiced by Tony Hale. The film's director, Josh Cooley, also revealed that the toys are no longer with Andy and are now officially living with Bonnie after the end of Toy Story 3.
"Like most people, I assumed that Toy Story 3 was the end of the story. And it was the end of Woody's story with Andy," he said in a statement, according to E! News. "But just like in life, every ending is a new beginning. Woody now being in a new room, with new toys, and a new kid, was something we have never seen before. The questions of what that would be like became the beginning of an entertaining story worth exploring."
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WHEN IS IT COMING OUT?
While Toy Story 4 was originally supposed to come out in 2017, Pixar announced in the spring that we will get the movie on June 21, 2019.
WILL ANDY BE IN TOY STORY 4?
14 Many are wondering if Andy is even going to be in the new movie since he gives the toys away at the end of the trilogy. In the two shorts that have come out since Toy Story 3 Bonnie is featured as the owner on the toys. So, we can assume this will continue into the fourth movie. On the IMDB page for the movie, however, there is no role for Andy or Bonnie so far, so it's possible we won't have any humans in the plot.
WILL TOM HANKS BE BACK TO VOICE WOODY?
It wouldn't be a true Toy Story movie without Tom Hanks. The iconic actor will be back to reprise his role as the cowboy in the fourth movie. Tim Allen and Joan Cusack will also star as Buzz Lightyear and Jessie, respectively.
IT'S GOING TO BE VERY EMOTIONAL.
It shouldn't come as a surprise that Toy Story 4 is going to be emotional af. Tim Allen recently spoke to The Talk about what it was like making the movie.
"Yes, I gotta resist getting emotional, I don't want to give it away, but this is an incredibly great story. It is so emotional, it's so funny, it's so big," he said. "The idea they've come up with, I'm startled. I couldn't even get through the last scene."
Tom Hanks joined in on the conversation, talking to the BBC's Chris Evans about the emotional plot.
"When I realized what they were going for, I realized, 'Oh, this is a moment in history,'" he said. "The emotional range of the movies has become more and more deep and profound and affecting."
AKA, get your tissue boxes ready.
Carolyn Twersky is the Assistant Editor at Seventeen.com. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram!
CAROLYN TWERSKY Assistant EditorCarolyn Twersky is an assistant editor for Seventeen covering celebrities, entertainment, politics, fashion, beauty, and health. TAMARA FUENTES Entertainment EditorTamara Fuentes is the entertainment editor for Seventeen and covers celebrity news, pop culture, television, movies, music, and books. JASMINE GOMEZ Editorial FellowJasmine Gomez is the Editorial Fellow at Seventeen and covers celebrities, pop culture, music and what's interesting on the internet.
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