Toy Story 4 will Not be a Sequel

Even though many of us preferred that the Toy Story saga closed with a marvellous third movie closing for a trilogy that consisted of consistently three great movies. A fourth movie is being developed. But news has come up recently that "Toy Story 4" will not be a direct sequel to the trilogy, but rather; "Toy Story 4" is said to be "taking the franchise in a new direction" and would be a romantic comedy. [hit the jump to continue]

In an interview with Disney Latino, studio president Jim Morris revealed that the next Toy Story chapter will not be a direct continuation of the original trilogy. He quotes:
"The third movie ended in a beautiful way and completed a trilogy. I think this movie is not part of this trilogy. It is a separate story, which in turn I do not know if will be continued. Never begin a project with that in mind."

He continues that it will be a romantic comedy, stating:
"It is not a continuation of the end of the story of Toy Story 3.Temporarily it is, but it will be a love story. It will be a romantic comedy. It will not put much focus on the interaction between the characters and children. I think it will be a very good movie."

Morris also said that director John Lasseter found the idea “irresistible”, pointing out that Pixar films are successful enough that that they don’t have to exploit them with sequels just to make money. The story is being credited to Lasseter, Unkrich, Andrew Stanton and Pete Docter. Rashida Jones and Will McCormack will pen the script. Toy Story 4 is set to hit theaters June 16th, 2017.