Toy Story 4 Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

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.

Cited as official plot version

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Toy Story 4.

• T
  Tim Allen

  ... Buzz Lightyear (voice)

  Toy Story 5, Wild Hogs 2: Bachelor Ride

• 
  Tom Hanks

  ... Woody (voice)

  The Phoenician Scheme, Here

• K
  Kristen Schaal

  ... Trixie (voice)

  Toy Story 3, My Spy The Eternal City

• J
  Joan Cusack

  ... Jessie the Yodeling Cowgirl (voice)

  Mars Needs Moms!, Snatched

• P
  Patricia Arquette

  ... (voice)

  High Life, Otherhood

• A
  Annie Potts

  ... Bo Peep (voice)

  Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Ghostbusters: Afterlife

• B
  Bonnie Hunt

  ... Dolly (voice)

  Red One, Toy Story 3

• J
  Jeff Garlin

  ... Buttercup (voice)

  Babylon, ParaNorman

• J
  Jodi Benson

  ... Barbie (voice)

  Toy Story 3, Ralph Breaks the Internet

• L
  Laurie Metcalf

  ... Andy's Mom (voice)

  Lady Bird, Somewhere in Queens

• D
  Don Rickles

  ... Mr. Potato Head (voice)

  Toy Story 3, Toy Story in 3-D

• J
  Jordan Peele

  ... Bunny (voice)

  Storks, Keanu

Crew Behind the Film

The Toy Story 4 behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Josh Cooley last directed Transformers One and Malamander (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea). The film's writer John Lasseter last wrote Tangled and Cars.

Director

Josh Cooley

Screenwriters

John Lasseter
Rashida Jones
Will McCormack

Producers

Mark Nielsen
Jonas Rivera
Galyn Susman

Production Details

What we know about the Toy Story 4 movie production.

Key Facts

• There are hundreds of hidden Easter Eggs in Toy Story 4 representing every past Pixar film, according to PixarPost.com (5/22/19).
• As Tim Allen explained Keanu Reeves' role, "Reeves has got a great part. Actually, a little inside story, even [Reeves] said — gentle, wonderful guy that he is — 'This sounds too much like Buzz Lightyear.' And his character does have an edge to that. And the guy said, 'So we calmed him down a little bit,' and they reminded me his toy is only that big (11/22/2018)."
• Patricia Arquette will voice a new character who is “a laid-back mom who’s described as a hippie (The Wrap, 11/15/15).”
• The story will be built on the fact that Bo Peep was given away before the events of Toy Story 3 with Woody, Buzz Lightyear and friends trying to find her and bring her back.
• "I’m very proud of our films,” said John Lasseter. “When we made the first three Toy Story films, we didn’t realize what we had done was to change the genre of each of the films’ story. For Toy Story 4, we are doing a type of story we have not done before: a love story. It’s a story about a relationship between Woody and Bo Peep. "
• The Toy Story trilogy has earned an enormous $1.94 billion worldwide.
• "We love these characters so much; they are like family to us," said director John Lasseter. "We don't want to do anything with them unless it lives up to or surpasses what's gone before. ‘Toy Story 3' ended Woody and Buzz's story with Andy so perfectly that for a long time, we never even talked about doing another ‘Toy Story' movie. But when Andrew, Pete, Lee and I came up with this new idea, I just could not stop thinking about it. It was so exciting to me, I knew we had to make this movie—and I wanted to direct it myself."
• The story was dreamt up by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter and Lee Unkrich, the storytellers who have been the driving force behind all three Toy Story films.

Production Updates for Toy Story 4

May 2019

Completed

Changed Toy Story 4 movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Nov 2018

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

Aug 2015

Production

Changed the movie production status to Production. The movie is currently being filmed.

Nov 2014

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in "development hell."

Jul 2010

Concept

Changed the movie production status to Concept. Concept movies are rumored films with little to no official development.

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