{"id":2178,"date":"2008-08-24T17:13:17","date_gmt":"2008-08-24T17:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/michael-keaton-cast-as-ken-in-toy-story-3"},"modified":"2008-08-24T17:13:17","modified_gmt":"2008-08-24T17:13:17","slug":"michael-keaton-cast-as-ken-in-toy-story-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/michael-keaton-cast-as-ken-in-toy-story-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Keaton Cast as Ken in Toy Story 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/images\/338.jpg\" width=\"200\" align=\"right\" style=\"\" border=\"0\" \/>Actress Jodi Benson and voice of Barbie in <span style=\"font-style: italic; \">Toy Story 2<\/span>, has slipped to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iesb.net\/index.php?option=com_ezine&#038;task=read&#038;page=1&#038;category=1&#038;article=5347\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"caps\">IESB<\/span>.net<\/a> that Michael Keaton has been cast as her counterpart in <span style=\"font-style: italic; \">Toy Story 3<\/span>. Keaton is set to play Barbie&#8217;s romance, Ken.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Keaton has already starred in <span style=\"font-style: italic; \">Cars<\/span> as the voice of <span style=\"font-style: italic; \">Chick Hicks<\/span>. Benson will also be returning to the film along with Tim Allen, Tom Hanks, Estelle Harris, Joan Cusack, Wallace Shawn, Don Rickles and John Ratzenberger.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-style: italic; \">Toy Story 3<\/span> will hit theatres on June 18, 2010.<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tmnf_excerpt\"><p>Actress Jodi Benson and voice of Barbie in Toy Story 2, has slipped to IESB.net that Michael Keaton has been cast as her counterpart in Toy Story 3. Keaton is set to play Barbie&#8217;s romance, Ken. Keaton has already starred in Cars as the voice of Chick Hicks. 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