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While we’re still not confident of the necessity of a Toy Story 4, Pixar is moving full steam ahead with the film, which will arrive in the summer of 2017. To those fearful it’ll simply continue the adventure in the previous trilogy, you can put those hesitations to rest. We recently got some new details on the story as Pixar president Jim Morris said, “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 added, “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.” With Rashida Jones and Will McCormack scripting the film, John Lasseter will now not be the only director as Josh Cooley, who started at the company as an intern for Cars and has worked his way up to the head of story on Inside Out, will co-direct.

“To be co-director on Toy Story 4 with John, who brought the Toy Story characters to the screen 20 years ago, is a dream come true,” Cooley tells Variety (via /Film). “When I first saw Toy Story I was amazed by the groundbreaking computer-generated animation. But it was the strong storytelling that kept me coming back. Toy Story 4 will continue that tradition and I couldn’t be more excited to be a part of it!” While we’ll have to see how Cooley handles the story of Inside Out, the last trailer was at least promising. As we await more details, check out Disney’s official announcement below.

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