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Toy Story 3 is moving right along and "it's going to be great." That's the word from Buzz Lightyear himself, Tim Allen. "We have John Lasseter, the original director, and I believe Tom is on board," he adds, referring to Tom Hanks -- aka the voice of his cowboy buddy, Woody. The follow-up to Toy Story and Toy Story 2 was en route to being made by Disney, without the creative talents of Lasseter and the rest of the Pixar animation team that made the first two movies instant classics. When Pixar was acquired by Disney in January, Lasseter, the Pixar co-founder who is now Disney's Chief Creative Officer, pulled the plug on that version immediately and literally put "TS3" back on the drawing boards.
Allen refers to the latest version of the story as "stronger" than the old one.
"I don't like doing them too much," he says of lending his voice to animated films. "It's not my favorite gig, working alone in dark studios. But I love the end result. My daughter, at 16, still plays the 'Toy Story' DVDs with her friends," he adds. "Those and the 'Home Improvement' collections."
With his "Zoom" feature coming out Aug. 11, Allen -- who's been busy making "Wild Hogs" with John Travolta, Martin Lawrence and William H. Macy -- is looking forward to some summer down time. "I have a boat up in Michigan," he says, "and a rustic cabin in Colorado, up in the mountains." SOURCE .
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