There's been plenty of turmoil surrounding the production of Toy Story 4, most of it involving the script for the upcoming fourth film in the popular Pixar franchise. Following the departure of Rashida Jones and Will McCormack due to "creative and philosophical differences" with the studio, Pixar brought on board Stephany Folsom to rewrite the script. We don't know much about the plot, but according to actor Tim Allen, who voices Buzz Lightyear, it's "an incredibly great story."
Appearing on The Talk, Allen acknowledged that he has returned to the recording booth. "I gotta resist getting emotional, I don't want to give it away, but this is an incredibly great story," he said.
The actor couldn't reveal too much about the story but did compare Toy Story 4's structure to Marvel's recent blockbuster Avengers: Infinity War.
"If you're at all a superhero fan, [Avengers] Infinity War didn't seem like it wasn't going to work. It was a lot of vignettes that all made sense. Toy Story 4 - we've only been through it once, there will be several more incantations - but it is so emotional, it's so funny, it's so big, the idea they've come up with, I'm startled..." he teased.
"[Toy Story] 3 I thought was amazing," he added before admitting: "This, I couldn't even get through the last scene."
The comparison to the complex structure of Infinity War is certainly an interesting one, especially since the Toy Story franchise has also built up quite a repository of characters over the years. Finding enough screentime for each of the characters while maintaining a coherent plot was likely no easy feat. But it worked for Infinity War, so hopefully, it works here.
Of course, Allen's calling the movie emotional is no surprise as Pixar has a knack for tugging on our heartstrings. The half-hour of Toy Story 3 was an emotional rollercoaster that saw our beloved toys face almost certain death before ultimately being passed on from Andy to Bonnie. It's hard to imagine Toy Story 4 topping the emotion unless - and I hope I'm wrong - we are forced to say a final farewell to one or more of the characters.