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Toy Story 4 is the fourth of the Toy Story CGI animated film series produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed Walt Disney Studios about the secret lives of children's toys that come to life when they are alone. The tetralogy consists of Toy Story (1995), Toy Story 2 (1999), Toy Story 3 (2010), and an upcoming film titled Toy Story 4 will be released On June 21st, 2019.

History

Toy Story was the first feature-length computer-animated film ever. It was also the first film produced by Pixar.Toy Story was released on November 22nd, 1995.^[5] The film stars the voices of Tom Hanks as toy sheriff Woody and Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear. Toy Story 2 was released on November 24, 1999^[2], and Toy Story 3 was released on June 18th, 2010.

Development

On March 19th, The Disney Company^[1] released the synopsis for Toy Story 4:

"Woody (voice of Tom Hanks) has always been confident about his place in the world, and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that’s Andy or Bonnie. So when Bonnie’s beloved new craft-project-turned-toy, Forky (voice of Tony Hale), declares himself as “trash” and not a toy, Woody takes it upon himself to show Forky why he should embrace being a toy. But when Bonnie takes the whole gang on her family’s road trip excursion, Woody ends up on an unexpected detour that includes a reunion with his long-lost friend Bo Peep (voice of Annie Potts). After years of being on her own, Bo’s adventurous spirit and life on the road belie her delicate porcelain exterior. As Woody and Bo realize they’re worlds apart when it comes to life as a toy, they soon come to find that’s the least of their worries."

Online Presence

On March 19th, 2019, Disney Pixar uploaded the Toy Story 4 Official Trailer to YouTube which gained 15.7 million views and 646,000 likes in a day (shown below).

Reception

Following the Trailer release, Twitter users reacted to the introduction Andy's face and the tear-jerking quality of the content. On March 19th Twitter user @willo719 tweeted, "Apparently, everybody's mad they redesigned Andy for #ToyStory4 meanwhile I'm grateful we don't have to look at this golem anymore." The tweet featured a picture of Andy in the 1995 movie and Andy in the Trailer which gained 5,500 retweets and 30,400 likes in a day (shown below, left). On the same day, @CrisMovieCorner tweeted that they predict the boy in the trailer is actually Andy's son (shown below, right). The tweet gained 2,700 likes that day.

Twitter users commented on the use of the Beach Boy's song "God Only Knows" in the trailer and how it made them emotional. On March 19th, @TimDuffy tweeted that "Putting "God Only Knows" in the Toy Story 4 trailer is emotional terrorism" (shown below, left). The tweet gained 2,800 likes and 623 retweets in a day. @CarsonMlnarik also tweeted saying, "I was prepared to cry during the #ToyStory4 trailer because of the nature of the material, however when "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys started playing, all calm was lost" (shown below, right). The tweet gained over 600 likes in its first day.

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