The next day after Woody has a nightmare of being thrown away, he finds a toy penguin Wheezy who has been shelved for months due to a broken squeaker. Andy's mom puts Woody on a shelf, and Andy leaves without Woody. Toy Story 3 was released in 2010, also a critical and commercial success. Toy Story 2 is an Pixar film Andy prepares to go to cowboy camp with Woody, but while playing with Woody and Buzz, he accidentally tears Woody's arm. Can you name the Toy Story 2 Characters Get the best of Sporcle when you Go Orange.This ad-free experience offers more features, more stats, and more fun while also helping to support Sporcle. The film has seen multiple home media releases and a theatrical 3-D re-release in 2009, 10 years after its initial release. It is considered by critics to be one of few sequel films superior to the original and is frequently featured on lists of the greatest animated films ever made. It received critical acclaim, with a rare 100% rating on the website Rotten Tomatoes, like its predecessor. Although most Pixar features take years to develop, the established release date could not be moved and the production schedule for Toy Story 2 was compressed into nine months.ĭespite production struggles, Toy Story 2 opened on Novemto wildly successful box office numbers, eventually grossing over $497 million. Lasseter and the story team redeveloped the entire plot in one weekend. When story reels proved promising, Disney upgraded the film to a theatrical release, but Pixar was unhappy with the film's quality. The film began production in a building separated from Pixar, on a small scale, as most of the main Pixar staff were busy working on A Bug's Life (1998). The returning cast is joined by Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Estelle Harris, Jodi Benson, and Wayne Knight, who voice the new characters introduced in this film.ĭisney initially envisioned Toy Story 2 as a direct-to-video sequel. Lee Ermey, John Morris, and Laurie Metcalf all reprise their character roles from the original film. Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Jim Varney, Annie Potts, R.
Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Wallace Shawn, Jim Varney, John Ratzenberger, Don Rickles, John Morris, Laurie Metcalf and R. Directed by John Lasseter and co-directed by Lee Unkrich and Ash Brannon, it is the sequel to the 1995 film Toy Story. In the film, Woody is stolen by a toy collector, prompting Buzz Lightyear and his friends to rescue him, but Woody is then tempted by the idea of immortality in a museum. Toy Story 2 is a 1999 American computer-animated comedy adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the sequel to 1995's Toy Story and the second film in the Toy Story franchise. Toy Story 2 is a 1999 American computer-animated comedy film directed by John Lasseter and produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures.