“We thought it would be powerful if one of the beloved toys from the ensemble was missing from the room. “We wanted to show in a concrete and dramatic way that any toy at any time could be outgrown and given away,” he said. Unkrich and screenwriter Michael Arndt tried a different tack while developing “Toy Story 3,” in which they wanted to start the movie with a prologue in which the toys faced an existential threat. It would be unbelievable for her to be going through the same intense physical things the other toys went through without getting broken. “Our thinking at the time was that she was made of porcelain, so it didn’t seem safe for her to be out in the world on an adventure. “We had previously struggled to find ways to have her be part of the story in ‘Toy Story 2,’ he said. She enjoys being a lost toy on her own, and offers an opportunity for growth and change.īo Peep has been largely absent since the original “Toy Story,” but director Lee Unkrich said that wasn’t for lack of trying.

The Sheriff feels duty bound to find him, but the plot thickens when Woody is reunited with Bo. “Toy Story 4” finds Woody still eager to please Bonnie when her favorite new toy, Forky (Tony Hale), a neurotic spork she made in school, runs away in a state of existential confusion. This left the door open to “ Toy Story 4,” which reintroduces a free-spirited, badass Bo who turns Woody’s life upside down. “Toy Story 3” seemed to offer the perfect ending to Pixar’s beloved trilogy, but there still was one loose end: the absence of Bo Peep (Annie Potts), who was Woody’s ( Tom Hanks) BFF until Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) came along.

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