who'll be directing Toy Story 3?

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#1

Heyy guys,

Is Jla

directing Toy Story 3…?? I read somewhere that he won’t be directing any films in the near future since he is

too busy managing Disney and Pixar and somewer else as he is to direct it.

Any one who wishes to read a

few articles on animation can visit my blog www.hereitbegins.blogspot.com . Check this amazing test clip

“Where the wild things are” done by Jla with Tim Wilhite and Glean Keane at Disney in the early 80’s .

This is d first step ever done in makin use of computer to tell an animated story with characters.

youtube.com/watch?v=LvIDRoO8KnM

The sad part was that it couldn’t be completed …no need

to drop tears…bcoz…Disney wasn’t looking like the place he had in his dreams. Soon Jla got fired from Disney

and he joined Lucas Film which later became PIXAR. And never miss that clip…Watch it now itself.

An

interesting point I recently read. Jla was a twin to his sister Joanne who is 6 minutes older. His mother never

knew that she was carrying twins and often his father Paul Lasseter refered to him as "Bonus

Baby".

Windchimes

#2

“Jla” is John Lasseter,

I’m presuming? If so, then no, he is not directing. According to our latest reports, Lee Unkrik is - the

co-director of TS.

Hope that clears that up, windchimes. :wink:

#3

yup gasdude :smiley: …if Jlo is Jennifer Lopex then JLa is John

Lassetr…He is not less than ant hollywood star.

hey read - “lopex” as lopez and “ant” as any…k :wink:

Windchimes

Edited. I combined both of your posts. – Mitch

#4

As Gasduude stated, John Lasseter is not directing Toy Story 3.

Oh, and John Lasseter was fired from Disney? I thought he left voluntarily… :confused:

– Mitch

#5

John’s not with Disney anymore? That’s news to me…

#6

lennonluvr9 - I believe that windchimes is referring to the “olden days” of Disney Animation Studios…when John Lasseter departed from the company and went off to eventually form Pixar Animation Studios with several others.

– Mitch

#7

Ohhhhhhhhh! Okay, now that makes sense. :slight_smile:

#8

I, personally, don’t like the idea of Lasseter not directing Toy Story 3.
I’ll take any Pixar movie, but Toy Story 3 won’t be as classic because it’s being released more than 8 years apart from the others and isn’t directed by John.

#9

At least it’s Pixar. But I too, am a bit concerned with Lee Unkrich being the sole director, he’s always seemed like a great co-director, but I don’t know as director. Maybe if he gets a good co-director, then we should be good. I would have prefered it if Brad Bird took the reigns from John Lasseter, which could still happen, but Unkrich is still great. Sorry, I don’t mean to sound a little critical, I loved Toy Story 1 & 2, and really can’t wait for the third one, as long as it’s Pixar.

#10

Oh, give him a chance. He did a great job on Finding Nemo. I know he’d be able to direct. :wink:

#11

Lee Unkrich is amazing, and I believe he’ll make Toy Story 3 really awesome. I don’t think Brad Bird is fit for TS3, I mean, he wasn’t there for TS2. It would just be weird.

#12

I wasn’t really complaining, just said of the main guys at Pixar, including Mr. Lasseter, he’s not my top choice. Of course I have all the faith in the world that he’ll do a great job, especially since he did co-direct Toy Story 2 and Finding Nemo. Just saying he’s about the third choice, after Lasseter and Bird, but since neither are avalible, he’s the man for the job. Again, sorry to sound like I was complaining, I really wasn’t, honestly!

#13

Martin: I have to agree with you. Although Brad would definitely make it a great film, it would be “weird”, since it most likely wouldn’t be similar to Toy Story and Toy Story 2.
Mister I: I know. :mrgreen:

#14

I don’t think Brad Bird is really suited to Toy Story 3… It doesn’t seem his style.

#15

Again, Brad’s a great director, but Toy Story is not, will not, and can not, be his movie. it just seems wrong, he can help out and end up in the special thanks section of the credits, but Toy Story 3 is a movie from before his arrival so I don’t think he would even consider, for respect.

#16

I was quite surprised to know that John Lasseter was not directing Toy Story 3. Of course Lee Unkrich co-directed Toy Story 2 (also co-directed Monsters, Inc. and Finding Nemo) and I am sure he will do an awesome job continuing the legacy of the Toy Story franchise.

But considering how Toy Story was always John Lasseter’s baby and since he was on board to direct Cars, I just assumed he would take on the director’s chair, if not sole director then atleast co-directing it again.

I guess since now he is the Chief Creative Officer of both Pixar and Disney, it will be quite a while before he returns to directing, Cars 2 perhaps.

#17

lol I love The Incredibles and everything, but after getting Brad on board on Toy Story 3 as director, you could expect it to take a real different turn of style compared to the two predecessors.

I’m thinking explosions, involvement of robots, smart-er dialogue - oh, and possibly a PG rating as well, which is not a good thing - for Toy Story.

But hey, J.J. knew nothing (or not much) about Star Trek and I think he did a pretty nice job, but I digress…

#18

its going to be directed by Lee Unkrich. he was a editor in many pixar films and also co director