A new song by Taylor Swift called I Knew It, I Knew You, will be featured on the soundtrack. The singer said, external she had “always dreamed of getting to write for these characters who I’ve adored since I was a 5 year old kid watching the first Toy Story movie.”
Before its release in 1995, critics did not expect much from the original film, which was seen as a children’s movie with the added gimmick of being the first ever entirely computer-animated film.
But Toy Story had an engaging storyline and sharp script to match its impressive visuals. Kids naturally loved the idea of toys coming to life, while some sharp jokes were sprinkled in for their parents.
Allen said it had been “really startling” when he and the team saw what the film would look like for the first time, adding the aesthetic took some getting used to.
“Anybody who saw the first one, compared to cell animation, thought it looked weird. It looked like, ‘what are we watching?’ But the story was really clever and they put it together with the two of us,” he said, referring to himself and Hanks.
Early edits of the film showed promise, but, Allen noted, it took a while for the creative team to find the comedy, and for Woody and Buzz’s character traits to develop.
“They shot one that didn’t come out so good,” he said. “They made one that was a little bit too caustic.
“The two characters were fighting the whole time, it wasn’t very interesting. But then they made Woody be a little more understanding and Buzz a little, forgive the word, dumber.
“He was self-delusional, he didn’t realise that he was a toy. And it was really quite interesting. And that was new. They’d never done this before.”
