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Toy Story (franchise)
''Toy Story'' is an American media franchise created by Pixar Animation Studios and owned by The Walt Disney Company. It centers on toys that, unknown to humans, are secretly living, sentient creatures. It began in 1995 with the release of the animated feature film Toy Story, of the same name, which focuses on a diverse group of toys featuring a classic cowboy doll named Woody (Toy Story), Sheriff Woody and a modern Astronaut, spaceman action figure named Buzz Lightyear. The ''Toy Story'' franchise consists mainly of five animated feature films: ''Toy Story'' (1995), ''Toy Story 2'' (1999), ''Toy Story 3'' (2010), ''Toy Story 4'' (2019), and the Spin-off (media), spin-off film within a film ''Lightyear (film), Lightyear'' (2022). A Toy Story 5, fifth film was announced and is set to be released in 2026. It also includes the Traditional animation, 2D-animated direct-to-video spin-off film within a film ''Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins'' (2000) and the animat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lasseter
John Alan Lasseter ( ; born January 12, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and animator. He was previously the chief creative officer of Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and Disneytoon Studios, as well as the Principal Creative Advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering, and has served as the head of animation at Skydance Animation since 2019. Lasseter began his career as an animator with The Walt Disney Company. After being fired from Disney for promoting computer animation, he joined Lucasfilm, where he worked on then-ground breaking usage of Computer-generated imagery, CGI animation. The Graphics Group of the Computer Division of Lucasfilm was sold to Steve Jobs and became Pixar in 1986. Lasseter oversaw all of Pixar's films and associated projects. He personally directed ''Toy Story'' (1995), ''A Bug's Life'' (1998), ''Toy Story 2'' (1999), ''Cars (film), Cars'' (2006), and ''Cars 2'' (2011), and executive-produced all other Pixar f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Small Fry (film)
''Toy Story Toons: Small Fry'' is a 2011 American animated short film written and directed by Angus MacLane. It was shown in theaters with '' The Muppets'' on November 23, 2011. ''Small Fry'' is the second short in the '' Toy Story Toons'' series, based on the characters from the ''Toy Story'' feature films. The short involves Buzz getting trapped at a fast food restaurant, where there is a support group for discarded kids' meal toys from over the years, with a kids' meal toy version of Buzz taking his place. Plot One night at fast-food chicken restaurant named Poultry Palace, Bonnie is disappointed to receive a Zurg belt buckle as her kids' meal toy, as the restaurant ran out of Mini Buzz Lightyear toys. In a nearby display cabinet, a Mini Buzz Lightyear complains to a Mini Zurg that they will never be played with, but Mini Zurg prefers to stay because he doesn't want to get in trouble with anyone at Poultry Palace. After eating dinner, Bonnie goes to play in the ball pit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toy Story 4 (soundtrack)
''Toy Story 4 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)'' is the soundtrack album for the 2019 film ''Toy Story 4'', the fourth installment in the ''Toy Story'' franchise, created by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Randy Newman, who composed for the previous installments returned to score the film. Unlike the previous installments, the score was recorded at The Newman Scoring Stage, Twentieth Century Fox Studios. The soundtrack featured Newman's score along with three original songs, which was released by Walt Disney Records on June 21, 2019, with the film. In addition to the English-language, the soundtrack album was released in Spanish (Castilian), Spanish (Neutral), Italian, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Kazakh, Korean, Japanese, Russian and Polish languages. Development Randy Newman confirmed his involvement in ''Toy Story 4'' during the 2015 D23 Expo. Director Josh Cooley said that he hired him to return because he "can't imagine mak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toy Story 3 (soundtrack)
''Toy Story 3 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)'' is the soundtrack album to Disney/Pixar's 2010 film '' of the same name'' composed by Randy Newman. The score was composed by recurrent Pixar composer Randy Newman, who also scored for the previous instalments in the franchise. The score album, featuring an original song " We Belong Together" performed by Newman, and instrumental tracks were released on June 15, 2010 by Walt Disney Records. It was also the sixth Pixar film not to be scored by Michael Giacchino or Thomas Newman. The track "You've Got a Friend in Me" from the first instalment is also featured in the album, performed by The Gipsy Kings. The album was initially released through digital download in lossy formats such as MP3 and AAC, and was not released in CD; the second time, where a Pixar film soundtrack was not released through physical formats, the first being '' Up''. In January 2012, Intrada released the album on CD. The score received positive critical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toy Story 2 (soundtrack)
''Toy Story 2: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack'' is the soundtrack album to the 1999 Disney/Pixar film ''Toy Story 2''. The score for the film is composed by Randy Newman, who previously composed for its predecessor, ''Toy Story''. It was released by Walt Disney Records on November 9, 1999. Although out of print in the U.S., the CD is available in the U.S. as an import and all but one song is available digitally. The album features two original songs written for the film – " When She Loved Me" (the main song in the film) and "Woody's Roundup" along with Newman's score. The song from the first film "You've Got a Friend in Me", was also reused. The music received several nominations at prominent award ceremonies, including Academy, Golden Globe, Satellite and Saturn award nominations. It won the Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Music in a Feature Production for Newman, and the song " When She Loved Me" won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toy Story (soundtrack)
''Toy Story'' is the soundtrack album for the 1995 Disney/Pixar animated film ''Toy Story'', with music composed, conducted, orchestrated, arranged, and performed by Randy Newman. The soundtrack includes the film score, as well as three original songs written and performed by Newman. It was released by Walt Disney Records on November 22, 1995, the week of the film's release, and the first soundtrack album from a Pixar film. The soundtrack for ''Toy Story'' received praise for its "sprightly, stirring score". It received Academy Award nominations for Best Original Score and Best Original Song ("You've Got a Friend in Me"). Despite the film's critical success, the soundtrack peaked at number 94 on the ''Billboard'' 200. A cassette and CD single release of "You've Got a Friend in Me" was released on April 12, 1996, to promote the soundtrack's release. After it went out of print, the album was made available for purchase digitally in retailers such as iTunes. The soundtrack, al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video Games
A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, game controller, controller, computer keyboard, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual feedback from a display device, most commonly shown in a video format on a television set, computer monitor, flat-panel display or touchscreen on handheld devices, or a virtual reality headset. Most modern video games are audiovisual, with Sound, audio complement delivered through loudspeaker, speakers or headphones, and sometimes also with other types of sensory feedback (e.g., haptic technology that provides Touch, tactile sensations). Some video games also allow microphone and webcam inputs for voice chat in online gaming, in-game chatting and video game livestreaming, livestreaming. Video games are typically categorized according to their hardware platform, which traditionally includes arcade video games, console games, and PC game, comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Musical
''7s'' is an album by American musician Avey Tare. It was released on February 17, 2023, through Domino Recording Company. Track listing All tracks are produced by Adam McDaniel and Avey Tare. References 2023 albums Avey Tare albums Domino Recording Company albums {{2020s-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toy Story That Time Forgot
''Toy Story That Time Forgot'', titled ''Toy Story: That Time Forgot'' on Disney+, is an American animated Christmas television special, produced by Pixar Animation Studios and Disney Television Animation that aired on ABC on December 2, 2014. Written and directed by Sam & Max creator Steve Purcell, the special was produced by Galyn Susman. Michael Giacchino composed the music for the special. Most of the regular cast from the ''Toy Story'' series reprised their roles, including Tom Hanks as Woody, Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear, Kristen Schaal as Trixie, Wallace Shawn as Rex, Timothy Dalton as Mr. Pricklepants, Don Rickles as Mr. Potato Head, and Joan Cusack as Jessie, with Kevin McKidd and Emma Hudak joining as new characters Reptillus Maximus and Angel Kitty, respectively. This was Rickles' final TV special role before his death on April 6, 2017, and was the last ''Toy Story'' production for five years until the release of '' Toy Story 4'' on June 21, 2019. The speci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toy Story Of Terror!
''Toy Story of Terror!'' is an American animated Halloween television special produced by Pixar Animation Studios and Disney Television Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures, based on the ''Toy Story'' franchise. It is set after the events of ''Toy Story 3'', and premiered on the American television network ABC on October 16, 2013. It was written and directed by Angus MacLane, produced by Galyn Susman, with Joan Cusack, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, Timothy Dalton, and Kristen Schaal reprising their roles of Jessie, Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Mr. Potato Head, Rex, Mr. Pricklepants, and Trixie with Carl Weathers as Combat Carl and Stephen Tobolowsky as the motel manager. Michael Giacchino composed the music for the special. The film's soundtrack was released on October 15, 2013, on Amazon.com and iTunes in digital format. The special follows the toys on a road trip, when a flat tire leads Bonnie and her mother to spend the night in a roadside mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pixar Popcorn
This is a list of animated short films produced by Pixar Animation Studios. Beginning with Pixar's first film ''Toy Story'', almost all subsequent Pixar feature films have been shown in theaters along with a Pixar-created original short film, known as a "short." Other Pixar shorts, released only on home media, were created to showcase Pixar's technology or cinematic capabilities, or on commission for clients. Pixar began producing shorts in the 1980s. The first shorts were made while Pixar was still a computer hardware company, when John Lasseter was the only professional animator in the company's small animation department. Starting with '' Geri's Game'', after Pixar had converted into an animation studio, all later shorts have been produced with a larger crew and budget. Pixar produced four CGI shorts for the educational TV series ''Sesame Street'' between 1990 and 1994. The shorts illustrate different weights and directions starring Luxo Jr. and Luxo — '' Light & Heavy'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forky Asks A Question
''Forky Asks a Question'' is an American animated television series of short films produced by Pixar Animation Studios based on the ''Toy Story'' franchise, and is set after the events of ''Toy Story 4''. It is the third Pixar short series, following the ''Cars Toons'' and '' Toy Story Toons''. The series focuses on the character of Forky (voiced by Tony Hale) as he asks his friends different questions about life. The short series was announced in June 2019 during Disney+ Investor Day 2019, before the release of ''Toy Story 4''. Bob Peterson created, wrote, directed and narrated the series, and was produced by Mark Nielsen. Jake Monaco provided the score for all ten episodes. ''Forky Asks a Question'' aired from November 12, 2019, to January 10, 2020, on Disney+. The series received positive reviews who praised the humor, animation, and script. Premise Set sometime after the events of ''Toy Story 4'', handmade toy Forky asks his friends (the characters of the ''Toy Story'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
