Friday, April 24, 2009

Tom Hanks on Pixar and Toy Story 3

Nicest guy in Hollywood (also my favourite actor, pictured at right as Forrest Gump) Tom Hanks has been talking more about Pixar and Toy Story 3 in particular lately, where he will, of course, be reprising his role as Woody.

Speaking with Variety in a piece published online an hour ago, Hanks said in part:

"Being in the hands of the people at Pixar, it's like getting into the JPL [Jet Propulsion Laboratory]. You're with folks who invented the art form in many, many ways and never seem to rest on their laurels. It's like I've been invited to a great party for a third time.

"We wouldn't be doing this if there wasn't a story where it's like, 'How do you guys come up with this?'"

He talked further about the challenges and rewards of recording voice work for an animated film.

Hanks also discussed 'TS3' briefly with Empire magazine earlier this week, recounting how the studio showed him a complete story reel of the movie before he signed on. His response: "This is great, let's get to work!"

4 comments:

Brent said...

Great news. I can't wait!

Anonymous said...

Is it just me, or does the story of Toy Story 3 sound kind of sad? I almost cried when I read about Andy growing up. :( But either way, I still can't wait to see it!!! :)

I Love Pixar said...

Hey Mike! Any word yet on when you will be seeing Up? It's going to be May on Friday!

Anonymous said...

June 18 2010 The next Toy Story movie will come out