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Slinky Gets a New Voice

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MTV News spoke with John Lasseter recently who has confirmed that Slinky Dog from the Toy Story series will be replaced by "an old friend of [Varney’s] who sounds an awful lot like him". Slinky was voiced by the late Jim Varney, but he’s not the only Pixar star that’s passed away recently.

You may remember that Paul Newman died this past September (the second Cars cast member to pass away before Cars 2). John Lasseter didn’t have a solid answer when asked if he would be in Cars 2 at all, but said it all depends on the story, same goes for Fillmore, the hippie VW bus character played by the late George Carlin. 

Read the full article here.

(via The Pixar Blog)

Last modified: November 18, 2008