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86-624: Toy Story is an American media franchise created by Pixar Animation Studios and owned by The Walt Disney Company . It centers on toys that, unknown to humans, are secretly living, sentient creatures. It began in 1995 with the release of the animated feature film of the same name , which focuses on a diverse group of toys featuring a classic cowboy doll named Sheriff Woody and a modern spaceman action figure named Buzz Lightyear . The Toy Story franchise consists mainly of five animated feature films: Toy Story (1995), Toy Story 2 (1999), Toy Story 3 (2010), Toy Story 4 (2019), and

172-477: A "Gromit Lightyear" sculpture based on the Aardman Animations character Gromit from Wallace and Gromit for Gromit Unleashed which sold for £65,000. Buzz Lightyear's classic line "To infinity and beyond!" has seen usage not only on T-shirts, but among philosophers and mathematical theorists as well. Lucia Hall of The Humanist linked the film's plot to an interpretation of humanism. She compared

258-616: A Friend in Me ." John Lasseter , the director of the film, also received a Special Achievement Award for "the development and inspired application of techniques that have made possible the first feature-length computer-animated film." Toy Story was also the first animated film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. At the 53rd Golden Globe Awards , Toy Story earned two Golden Globe nominations— Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Original Song . It

344-563: A co-production that serves as a spin-off of the Toy Story franchise. The film was released on August 8, 2000, and features Tim Allen as the voice of Buzz Lightyear. The film follows Buzz Lightyear as a space ranger who fights against the evil Emperor Zurg, showing the inspiration for the Buzz Lightyear toyline that exists in the Toy Story series. The film later led to the television series, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command . Although

430-441: A fifth film. He explained that, since Toy Story 4 released the series from being constrained to trilogy status, he did not "see any reason why they wouldn't do it". On The Ellen DeGeneres Show that May, Hanks said Toy Story 4 would be the final installment in the franchise, but producer Mark Nielsen disclosed the possibility of a fifth film, as Pixar was not ruling it out. In February 2023, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that

516-485: A franchise can even be created, which ultimately leads to the creation of brand worlds. Since the creation of Disneyland in 1955, bringing fictional media franchises to life through the theme parks slowly became increasingly popular as the way to perfectly blend tourism and real-life involvement with media itself. Similar to transmedia, the concept of bringing fictional media into a non-fictional space where fans can immerse themselves in real-life versions of elements from

602-434: A large impact on the film industry. After the film's debut, various industries were interested in the technology used for the film. Graphics chip makers desired to compute imagery similar to the film's animation for personal computers; game developers wanted to learn how to replicate the animation for video games; and robotics researchers were interested in building artificial intelligence into their machines that compared to

688-456: A large promotion before its release, leading to numerous tie-ins with the film including images on food packaging. A variety of merchandise was released during the film's theatrical run and its initial VHS release including toys, clothing, and shoes, among other things. When action figures for Buzz Lightyear and Sheriff Woody were created, they were initially ignored by retailers. However, after over 250,000 figures were sold for each character before

774-424: A modeling agency, several television shows ( Playboy's Penthouse , in 1959), and even its own television channel . Twenty-five years later, Playboy released private clubs and restaurants, movie theaters, a radio show , direct to video films, music and book publishing (including original works in addition to its anthologies of cartoons, photographs, recipes, advice, articles or fiction that had originally appeared in

860-708: A promotional event for the Toy Story film premiere held at El Capitan Theatre and Masonic Convention Hall . For the November 18, 1995, Toy Story premiere at El Capitan Theatre, Disney rented the Masonic Convention Hall , the next door building, for Totally Toy Story, an instant theme park and a promotional event for the movie. Movie goers paid an additional fee for the pop up park. The promotional event had pre-sales over $ 1 million and remained opened until January 1, 1996. The Toy Story Funhouse part

946-414: A road trip with Bonnie's family, Woody, to his delight, encounters his old friend and former fellow toy Bo Peep ( Annie Potts ), who he had been separated from in the interim period between Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3 and has to deal with fears of becoming a "lost toy". Rickles had died in 2017 prior to the production of the film, but Pixar used archival recordings from him to continue his voice work for

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1032-485: A series of shorts known as Toy Story Treats were created as interstitials on ABC Saturday Morning, the predecessor to Disney's One Saturday Morning and ABC Kids . They did not necessarily follow the continuity from Toy Story , taking place before, during and after the events of the first film. They were aired roughly around the time of Toy Story 's release to home video. The shorts also appeared as bonus features on both "The Ultimate Toy Box" and as Easter eggs on

1118-463: A son, Liam. The family lives in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles , an area where Knight has resided for many years. Knight attended the 2012 Democratic National Convention . Ahead of the 2020 United States presidential election , Knight appeared in an advertisement that examined "ethical breaches" of mail workers in the U.S. and the lack of support they received from the government. The advertisement

1204-695: A stage based on Toy Story made its debut appearance in the series in Kingdom Hearts III , marking the first time that Pixar-based content appears in the series, along with Monsters, Inc. and Ratatouille . In the Toy Box campaign, Woody, Buzz, Hamm, Rex, LGM's, Sarge and the Green Army Men are transported to an alternate world where most of the humans don't exist and is home to a business call "Galaxy Toys", it also somehow let's Buzz's blaster to actually shoot real lasers. Toy Story had

1290-457: A vintage cowboy doll, to think that he has been replaced as Andy's favorite toy. In competing for Andy's attention, Woody accidentally knocks Buzz out of a window, leading the other toys to believe he tried to murder Buzz. Determined to set things right, Woody tries to save Buzz and both must escape from the house of the next-door neighbor Sid Phillips (voiced by Erik von Detten ), who likes to torture and destroy toys. In addition to Hanks and Allen,

1376-408: Is a short series with three episodes. In the series, Buzz explains to Rex and Hamm that the real toy Buzz was going to space two years before Toy Story 3 . The short also features Mr. Potato Head and RC in one of the episodes. A series consisting of three short films: Hawaiian Vacation , Small Fry and Partysaurus Rex . A series of shorts titled Forky Asks a Question for Disney+ , with

1462-477: Is based. The series takes place in the far future, featuring Buzz Lightyear voiced by Patrick Warburton (replacing Tim Allen ), a famous, experienced Space Ranger who takes a crew of rookies under his wing as he investigates criminal activity across the galaxy and attempts to bring down Evil Emperor Zurg once and for all. It aired on UPN from October 2, 2000, to November 29, 2000, and on ABC from October 14, 2000, to January 13, 2001. Buzz Lightyear Mission Logs

1548-485: Is getting ready to go to college. The toys discover that all of the toys at Sunnyside Daycare are ruled by Lotso (voiced by Ned Beatty ), a sinister teddy bear, while Woody finds potential hope for a new home in the hands of Bonnie, a toddler from the daycare that takes great care of her toys. Blake Clark replaced Varney after Varney's death in 2000, while other new cast members included Michael Keaton , Timothy Dalton , Jeff Garlin , Kristen Schaal , and Bonnie Hunt . It

1634-484: Is the Japanese term for a transmedia franchise. The term media mix gained its circulation in late 1980s and is first used to describe adaptations of Sakyo Komatsu 's Japan Sinks , but the origins of the strategy can be traced back to the 1960s with the proliferation of anime , with its interconnection of media and commodity goods. Some of the earlier popular Japanese franchises such as Vampire Hunter D in

1720-651: Is the first animated franchise to win Best Animated Feature award twice. It's also the first animated franchise to have every film nominated in the same category (Original Song). It was also nominated to the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature Film (but lost against Missing Link ) and nominated for Best Animated Film at the British Academy Film Awards . This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in

1806-539: The Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia , which produced repertory works. After completing his internship, he joined the company and gained standing as an Equity actor . Knight subsequently moved back to his hometown New York City and after two years landed his first role on Broadway . After his time on Broadway, he also worked as a private investigator for five years. Knight appeared in various films in

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1892-735: The NBC sitcom Seinfeld (1992–1998) and Officer Don Orville on the NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001). Knight also voiced Igor on Toonsylvania (1998–1999), Mr. Blik on Catscratch (2005–2007) and Baron Von Sheldgoose on Legend of the Three Caballeros (2018). In film, he played Dennis Nedry in Jurassic Park (1993), which earned him a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination. Knight additionally acted in

1978-607: The Seinfeld character Newman, for the seventh season of Curb Your Enthusiasm . He also guest starred on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 10 in the episode "Working Stiffs". Knight guest starred on a 2010 episode of Fox 's drama series Bones , in the first season of the TV Land comedy series Hot in Cleveland (2010), where he became a recurring character for season two, and on an episode of The Whole Truth in

2064-480: The Toy Story franchise has an average of 99%. According to Metacritic, the Toy Story franchise is the second most critically acclaimed franchise of all time, after The Lord of the Rings trilogy, having an average rounded score of 90 out of 100. Toy Story was nominated for three Academy Awards , including Best Original Screenplay , Best Original Score and Best Original Song for Randy Newman 's " You've Got

2150-550: The Toy Story franchise is the most critically acclaimed franchise of all time. The first two films received a 100% rating , while the third and fourth earned 98% and 97% ratings. According to the site, no other franchise has had all of its films so highly rated—the Before trilogy comes closest with 98%, and the Dollars trilogy and The Lord of the Rings trilogy come after with average ratings of 95% and 94%, respectively, while

2236-491: The fantasy and science fiction genres. Similarly, fantasy, science fiction films and television shows are frequently adapted into animated television series , video games, or both. A media franchise does not have to include the same characters or theme, as the brand identity can be the franchise, like Square Enix 's Final Fantasy or the National Lampoon series , and can suffer from critical failures even if

2322-529: The spin-off film within a film Lightyear (2022). A fifth film was announced and is set to be released in 2026. It also includes the 2D-animated direct-to-video spin-off film within a film Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000) and the animated television series Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000–01) which followed the film. The first Toy Story was the first feature-length film to be made entirely using computer-generated imagery. The first two films were directed by John Lasseter ,

2408-553: The "10th Anniversary Edition" DVD menu of the first film, they were also restored in HD in a 1.33:1 aspect ratio and presented in the special features of the 2010 Blu-ray release of the film. John Ratzenberger , Wallace Shawn , and Jeff Pidgeon reprise their roles from the film as Hamm , Rex , and the Aliens , respectively, with Jim Hanks and Pat Fraley voicing Woody and Buzz, replacing Tom Hanks and Tim Allen who previously voiced

2494-423: The 1980s and Pokémon in the late 1990s, acted as benchmarks in the country's transmedia dominance. The latter in particular began as a video game available on Nintendo 's Game Boy , and crossed through the media of television, film, news, and other non-media related realms, such trading cards, merchandise, and more. A number of Japanese media franchises have gained considerable global popularity, and are among

2580-580: The 1990s, Knight played supporting roles on two television series on NBC . He played the mailman Newman , Jerry's neighbor and nemesis, in Seinfeld , and Officer Don Orville, Sally's love interest, in 3rd Rock from the Sun . He had earlier appeared in Against the Grain . He also appeared as a regular on two sketch comedy series, The Edge for Fox and Assaulted Nuts for Cinemax and Channel 4 in

2666-793: The American version of Thank God You're Here . He made a second appearance, on the last episode of the first season of the television series. He won the Thank God You're Here blue door award. He played the Punisher's techno sidekick Microchip in Punisher: War Zone . Knight guest starred in The Penguins of Madagascar as Max the Cat, in the episodes "Launchtime" and "Cat's Cradle". In November 2009, Knight reprised his role as

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2752-770: The United Kingdom. Knight also appeared on Broadway in productions of Gemini , Mastergate , 'Art' and Sweet Charity with Christina Applegate . Knight has done voice work for numerous animations, including the black cat Mr. Blik in Catscratch , Igor in Toonsylvania , the dragon Dojo Kanojo Cho in the Kids' WB! animated series Xiaolin Showdown , Emperor Zurg on Buzz Lightyear of Star Command on Toon Disney and Disney Channel ; Al McWhiggin ,

2838-543: The character Newman , during one commercial during the Super Bowl , alongside Jerry Seinfeld and Jason Alexander . In December 2017, Knight was featured in an advertisement for KFC depicting Colonel Sanders . Knight married makeup artist Paula Sutor on May 26, 1996, in a ceremony held in the home of fellow Seinfeld cast member Michael Richards . They had divorced by December 2003. He married his second wife, Clare de Chenu, on October 15, 2006; together they have

2924-402: The characters. Buzz Lightyear of Star Command is an animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and co-produced by Pixar Animation Studios that is a spin-off of the Toy Story franchise, and was led from the direct-to-video film Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins , depicting the in-universe Toy Story series on which the Buzz Lightyear toy

3010-419: The commercial profitability of the franchise and create strong feelings of identity and ownership in its consumers. Those large groups of dedicated consumers create the franchise's fandom , which is the community of fans that indulge in many of its media and are committed to interacting with and keeping up with other consumers. Large franchise-based fandoms have grown to be even more popular in recent years with

3096-446: The day-in-the-life episodes of the many different Real Housewives series. Documentaries and docuseries are other highlights of the non-fiction branch of media franchises, such as the popular Planet Earth series, which serves as both a film and television transmedia franchise. Wayne Knight Wayne Elliot Knight (born August 7, 1955) is an American actor. In television, he played recurring roles such as Newman on

3182-664: The fall of 2010. He played an Internet fixated couch potato in the TV Land sitcom, The Exes . In the summer of 2011, he appeared in the BBC/Starz series Torchwood: Miracle Day as Brian Friedkin . Knight appeared as Santa in Elf: The Musical in November 2012. He previously appeared on Broadway in Art in 1999. In April 2012, Knight was featured in the romantic comedy, She Wants Me . In February 2014, Knight reprised

3268-725: The fictional worlds they love, adds to the overall narrative the franchise creates through its other media. Marvel's Avenger's Campus park is one of the many franchise-based theme parks created in recent times, following the creation of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studio's Islands of Adventure and Star Wars' Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland and Disney World . Media franchises tend to cross over from their original media to other forms. Literary franchises are often transported to film, such as Nancy Drew , Miss Marple , and other popular detectives , as well as popular comic book superheroes . Television and film franchises are often expanded upon in novels , particularly those in

3354-470: The film The Matrix Reloaded and the video game Enter the Matrix were produced at the same time, using the same actors on the same sets, and released on the same day. Transmedia franchises occasionally release content through certain media that is not canon to the main or greater story that the franchise is built around, meaning that the elements of said content do not truly exist in the main timeline of

3440-472: The film featured the voices of Jim Varney , Don Rickles , John Ratzenberger , Wallace Shawn , and Annie Potts . The film was critically and financially successful, grossing over $ 373 million worldwide. The film was later re-released in Disney Digital 3-D as part of a double feature, along with Toy Story 2 , for a two-week run, which was later extended due to its financial success. Toy Story 2 ,

3526-414: The film was criticized for not using the same animation as the Toy Story films, it sold three million VHS and DVDs in its first week of release. Lightyear is a spin-off film of Toy Story series that explains Buzz Lightyear's backstory and the film chronology Andy watched. Buzz is voiced by Chris Evans in the title role. Directed by Angus MacLane , the film was released on June 17, 2022. In 1996,

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3612-402: The film's release, demand continued to expand, eventually reaching over 25 million units sold by 2007. Also, Disney's Animated Storybook: Toy Story and Disney's Activity Center : Toy Story were released for Windows and Mac . Disney's Animated Storybook: Toy Story was the best selling software title of 1996, selling over 500,000 copies. Totally Toy Story was an instant theme park and

3698-545: The film. Additional new cast members include Keegan-Michael Key , Jordan Peele , Keanu Reeves , Ally Maki , and Christina Hendricks . The film was originally announced in November 2014 during an investor's call with Lasseter to direct, Galyn Susman to produce, with the screenplay written by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack based on the story developed by Lasseter, Andrew Stanton , Pete Docter , and Lee Unkrich . During production, however, Lasseter stepped down from his position at Pixar in 2017, though remained to consult for

3784-417: The film; Josh Cooley was named as the film's director, with Jonas Rivera replacing Susman as producer. The film underwent a major revision following the departures of Jones and McCormack later in 2017, with Stephany Folsom replacing them as screenwriter. Much of the original script by Jones and McCormack had to be dropped, delaying the release of the film. In February 2019, Allen expressed interest in doing

3870-588: The films Dead Again (1991), JFK (1991), Basic Instinct (1992), Space Jam (1996), For Richer or Poorer (1997), and Rat Race (2001). He provided the voices of Tantor in Tarzan (1999), Al McWhiggin in Toy Story 2 (1999) and The Elf Elder in Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon (2014). Wayne Elliot Knight was born on August 7, 1955, in New York City to Grace (née Monti) and William Knight. He

3956-467: The financial logic of cost-recovery for expensive productions by identifying that a single medium launch is a lost opportunity, the timeliness of the production and release is more important than its integrity, the releases should raise brand awareness and the cross-ability of the work is critical for its success. American Idol was a transmedia franchise from its beginnings, with the first season winner Kelly Clarkson signing with RCA Records and having

4042-426: The first Toy Story , grossing over $ 497 million worldwide. The film was re-released in Disney Digital 3-D as part of a double feature, along with the first Toy Story , on October 2, 2009. Toy Story 3 , the third film in the franchise, was released on June 18, 2010, nearly 11 years after Toy Story 2 . The plot focuses on the toys being accidentally dropped off at Sunnyside, a daycare center while their owner, Andy,

4128-607: The focus on the content of the commodity to "overlapping the commodity image with the character image". The book Anime's Media Mix: Franchising Toys and Characters in Japan, by Marc Steinberg, details the evolution of the media mix in Japan. Long-running franchises were common in the early studio era, when Hollywood studios had actors and directors under long-term contract. In such cases, even lead actors are often replaced as they age, lose interest, or their characters are killed. Spin-offs and adaptations of popular pieces of media within

4214-442: The fourth feature film in the franchise, was released on June 21, 2019. Taking place not long after Toy Story 3 , the story involves Woody, Buzz, and the other toys living well with their new owner Bonnie. On her first day of kindergarten, Bonnie creates a toy spork, named Forky (voiced by Tony Hale ), out of garbage. Woody, having been neglected by Bonnie lately, personally takes it upon himself to keep Forky out of harm's way. During

4300-451: The franchise would continue with additional films, while Allen confirmed his return as the voice of Buzz. Later in the month, Pixar CCO and franchise alumnus Pete Docter stated the film would be "surprising" and would have "cool things you've never seen before". In June 2023, Docter confirmed Woody would return in the film. In April 2024, it was revealed the film would release on June 19, 2026. In June 2024, Docter revealed that Andrew Stanton

4386-433: The franchise's characters and settings. As one author explains, "For the studios, a home-run is a film from which a multimedia 'franchise' can be generated; the colossally expensive creation of cross-media conglomerates predicated on synergistic rewards provides an obvious imperative to develop such products." The trend later developed wherein franchises would be launched in multiple forms of media simultaneously; for instance,

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4472-404: The franchise, was released on November 22, 1995. It was the first feature-length film created entirely by computer-generated imagery (CGI) and was directed by John Lasseter . The plot of the film involves Andy Davis (voiced by John Morris ), an imaginative young boy, getting a new Buzz Lightyear (voiced by Tim Allen ) action figure for his birthday, causing Sheriff Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks ),

4558-774: The franchise. Pixar created some original animations for the games, including fully animated sequences for PC titles. Woody and Buzz Lightyear were originally going to appear in the Final Mix version of the Disney/Square Enix video game Kingdom Hearts II . They were omitted from the final product, but their models appear in the game's coding, without textures. The director of the Kingdom Hearts series, Tetsuya Nomura , stated that he would like to include Pixar property in future Kingdom Hearts games, given Disney's purchase of Pixar. This eventually came true, as

4644-415: The franchise. Canon content often times breaks continuity, leading fans to speculate or seek to confirm which media are canon and which are not, which can get confusing if the franchise does not provide an answer themselves since entire media can be non-canon to the greater story, with a popular example occurring. On the other hand, specific episodes, volumes or parts of a series can be canon while others in

4730-493: The global box office, grossing a total of $ 226.4 million. Its first weekend gross totaled $ 85.2 million, underperforming expectations, attributed by observers to a lackluster audience turnout due to multiple factors including the COVID-19 pandemic , the release of past Pixar films Soul , Luca , and Turning Red on Disney+ , and its more mixed reviews compared to other films in the franchise. According to Rotten Tomatoes,

4816-475: The highest opening-day gross for an animated film on record. During its opening weekend, the film grossed $ 110.3 million, making it #1 for the weekend; it was the biggest opening weekend ever for any Pixar film. Toy Story 3 stayed at the #1 spot for the next weekend. The film had the second-highest opening ever for an animated film at the time. It was the highest-grossing film of 2010 , both domestically and worldwide. Toy Story 3 grossed over $ 1 billion, making it

4902-639: The late 1980s and early 1990s, including Dirty Dancing (1987), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), JFK (1991) and Basic Instinct (1992). He was the first actor cast in Jurassic Park after director Steven Spielberg saw his performance in Basic Instinct . Knight was cast as InGen Corporation's chief programmer for the park and secret spy for Biosyn, Dennis Nedry . He also appeared in Dead Again , To Die For , and Space Jam . In

4988-399: The lifelike characters in the film. Various authors have also compared the film to an interpretation of Don Quixote as well as humanism . The free and open-source Linux distribution Debian takes its codenames from Toy Story characters, the tradition of which came about as Bruce Perens was involved in the early development of Debian while working at Pixar . In 2013, Pixar designed

5074-473: The magazine), footwear, clothing of every kind, jewelry, housewares (lamps, clocks, bedding, glassware), guitars and gambling, playing cards, pinball machines and pet accessories, billiard balls, bedroom appurtenances, enhancements, plus countless other items of merchandise. Non-fiction media franchises also exist in the television and film media, with reality TV being one of the most well-known examples; ranging from competition shows like The Amazing Race to

5160-456: The main series set box office records, with the third and fourth included in the top 50 all-time worldwide films. The franchise has received critical acclaim from critics and audiences. The first two films were re-released in theaters as a Disney Digital 3-D "double feature" for at least two weeks in October 2009 as a promotion for the then-upcoming third film. Toy Story , the first film in

5246-400: The media fictional material is unrelated. Non-fiction literary franchises include the ...For Dummies and The Complete Idiot's Guide to... reference books . An enduring and comprehensive example of a media franchise is Playboy Enterprises , which began expanding well beyond its successful magazine, Playboy , within a few years after its first publication, into such enterprises as

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5332-455: The new character Forky from Toy Story 4 (voiced by Tony Hale ), was released on the launch date of the service on November 12, 2019. These shorts are part of a short series called Pixar Popcorn . One of the two shorts is titled Three Heads; the other is titled Love. Pixar has also developed two 22-minute Toy Story television specials for ABC. They also air them on Disney Channel , Disney XD , and Disney Junior . Toy Story of Terror!

5418-433: The overarching story and narrative of the franchise itself. A connection between the characters, settings, and other elements of the media franchise do still exist within the different media, regardless of the fact that they are being presented in sometimes completely different ways, such as the shared, interweaving storylines and elements of Spider-Man films, television shows, comics and video games. Espen Aarseth describes

5504-488: The phrase made international news when it was reported that a father and son had continually repeated the phrase to help them keep track of each other while treading water for 15 hours in the Atlantic Ocean. [REDACTED] Category Media franchise A media franchise often consists of cross-marketing across more than one medium. For the owners, the goal of increasing profit through diversity can extend

5590-478: The phrase to "All this and heaven, too!", indicating one who is happy with a life on Earth as well as having an afterlife. In 2008, during STS-124 , astronauts took an action figure of Buzz Lightyear into space on the Discovery Space Shuttle as part of an educational experience for students that also stressed the catchphrase. The action figure was used for experiments in zero-g . Also, in 2008,

5676-484: The popular Twilight book series that was adapted into the five films of The Twilight Saga . Other neologisms exist to describe various franchise types including metaseries , which can be used to describe works such as Isaac Asimov 's Foundation series . Multimedia franchises usually develop through a character or fictional world becoming popular in one medium, and then expanding to others through licensing agreements , with respect to intellectual property in

5762-415: The release of A Moment Like This becoming a #1 hit on Billboard Hot 100. The success resulted in a nationwide concert tour, an American Idol book that made the bestseller list and the film From Justin to Kelly . A transmedia franchise however is often referred to by the simpler term "media franchise". The term media franchise is often used to describe the popular adaptation of a work into films, like

5848-409: The rise of social media platforms, as many fans seek to interact with one another for discussion, debate and even to create their own fan-made pieces of media revolving around the franchise, on websites like tumblr , Reddit and Fandom . In the case of successful transmedia franchises, each different medium should expand the target demographic and fandom, build the interest of the consumers and add to

5934-525: The same medium are not, such as the fact that only some of the Battlestar Galactica comics are canon, with a large amount of them breaking the continuity of the main story. In Japanese culture and entertainment, media mix ( wasei-eigo : メディアミックス , mediamikkusu ) is a strategy to disperse content across multiple representations: different broadcast media , gaming technologies, cell phones, toys, amusement parks , and other methods. It

6020-533: The second film in the franchise, was released on November 24, 1999. Lasseter reprised his role as director. The film's plot involves Woody getting stolen by a greedy toy collector who is named Al McWhiggin (voiced by Wayne Knight ). Buzz and several of Andy's toys set off to attempt to rescue Woody, who meanwhile has discovered his origins as a historic television star. In addition to the returning cast, Toy Story 2 included voice acting from Joan Cusack , Kelsey Grammer , Estelle Harris , and Jodi Benson . Toy Story 2

6106-462: The seventh film in history, the second Disney film in 2010, and the first animated film to do so. Toy Story 4 achieved the biggest opening for the series and the biggest for a G-rated film, grossing $ 120.9 million domestically and $ 244.5 internationally in its first weekend. It went on to gross $ 1.073 billion, becoming the 43rd movie ever to cross the billion dollar mark and was the eighth-highest-grossing film of 2019 . Lightyear underperformed at

6192-415: The third film by Lee Unkrich (who acted as co-director of the second film alongside Ash Brannon ), the fourth film by Josh Cooley , and Lightyear by Angus MacLane . Produced on a total budget of $ 720 million, the Toy Story films have grossed more than $ 3.3 billion worldwide, becoming the 21st highest-grossing film franchise worldwide and the third highest-grossing animated franchise . Each film of

6278-528: The time. Toy Story 2 opened at No. 1 over the Thanksgiving Day weekend, with a three-day tally of $ 57.4 million from 3,236 theaters. It averaged $ 17,734 per theater over three days during that weekend, and stayed at No. 1 for the next two weekends. It was the third-highest-grossing film of 1999 . Toy Story 3 had a strong debut, opening in 4,028 theaters and grossing $ 41.1 million at the box office on its opening day. In addition, Toy Story 3 had

6364-591: The toy store manager of Al's Toy Barn, in Toy Story 2 ; Tantor the elephant in Tarzan , Demetrius the shopkeeper in Hercules , and the bug Juju on Tak and the Power of Juju . He made guest appearances on Billy & Mandy's Jacked-Up Halloween as Jack O'Lantern, Dilbert as the Security Guard, and Brandy & Mr. Whiskers as Mr. Cantarious the snail. Knight appeared on the pilot episode of

6450-421: The world's highest-grossing media franchises . For example, Pokémon 's penetration into the American market of the franchise along with others of Japanese origin, such as Yu-Gi-Oh! , gave rise to the recognition of what is variously called transmedia storytelling , crossmedia, transmediation , media synergy, etc. Researchers argue that the 1963 Tetsuwan Atomu marked a shift in Japanese marketing from

6536-480: Was a Halloween-themed special and aired on October 16, 2013. Toy Story That Time Forgot was a Christmas-themed special that aired on December 2, 2014. Lamp Life is a short film revealing Bo Peep's whereabouts between the events of Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 4 , where she was used as a night light for first one and then two children before being donated to the antique shop, where she and her sheep eventually abandoned their home lamp and were reunited with Woody. It

6622-635: Was also nominated for Best Special Visual Effects at the 50th British Academy Film Awards . Toy Story 2 won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and earned a single Academy Award nomination for the song " When She Loved Me ," performed by Sarah McLachlan . The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature was introduced in 2001 after the first two Toy Story installments. Toy Story 3 won two Academy Awards – Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song for " We Belong Together ". It earned three other nominations, including Best Picture , Best Adapted Screenplay , and Best Sound Editing . It

6708-525: Was directing the film. In August 2024, at the D23 Expo , it was revealed that the plot would involve the toys fighting technology, and would also involve an army of Buzz Lightyear toys controlled by computers. In addition, McKenna Harris would co-direct the film. Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins is a 2000 traditionally animated direct-to-video television film produced by Walt Disney Television Animation with Pixar Animation Studios as

6794-692: Was moved to Disneyland's Tomorrowland and opened there on January 27, 1996, and closed on May 27, 1996. Totally Toy Story, while in Hollywood, consisted of "Toy Story Art of Animation" exhibit in El Capitan's basement and the Toy Story Funhouse at the convention hall. The fun house consisted of 30,000 square feet of various attractions. These attractions continue the story of the movie with the toys life-size. Toy Story Funhouse attractions: Toy Story 's innovative computer animation had

6880-440: Was not originally intended for release in theaters, but as a direct-to-video sequel to the first Toy Story , with a 60-minute running time. Disney's executives, however, were impressed by the high quality of the in-work imagery for the sequel, and were also pressured by the main characters' voice actors Hanks and Allen, so they decided to convert Toy Story 2 into a theatrical film. It turned out to be an even greater success than

6966-495: Was raised Catholic . The family moved to Cartersville, Georgia , where his father worked in the textile industry . Knight attended local schools and was a lineman on his high school's football team. Knight attended the University of Georgia . Although an honors student, he left college one credit shy of completing his degree to pursue his acting career. He completed his degree in 2008. Knight received an internship at

7052-439: Was released on Disney+ on January 31, 2020. Valerie LaPointe , who was a story supervisor for Toy Story 4 , wrote and directed the short film. Annie Potts and Ally Maki returned as Bo Peep and Giggle McDimples. However, Woody is voiced by Jim Hanks , the younger brother of Tom Hanks. To Fitness and Beyond is a short film that is part of Pixar Popcorn . In the short film, Buzz and Bonnie's toys exercise together. The short

7138-421: Was released on Disney+ in 2021. Toy Story ' s first five days of domestic release (on Thanksgiving weekend), earned the film $ 39.1 million. The film placed first in the weekend's box office with $ 29.1 million, and maintained its number one position at the domestic box office for the following two weekends. It was the highest-grossing domestic film in 1995 , and the third-highest-grossing animated film at

7224-487: Was surpassed by Incredibles 2 in 2018. Toy Story 3 grossed more than the first two films combined, making it the first animated film to have crossed the $ 1 billion mark. In August 2010, it surpassed Shrek 2 , becoming the highest-grossing animated film of all time until it was surpassed by Frozen , another Disney production, in March 2014. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 2, 2010. Toy Story 4 ,

7310-415: Was the first Toy Story film not to be directed by Lasseter (although he remained involved in the film as executive producer), but by Lee Unkrich , who edited the first two films and co-directed the second. It was Pixar 's highest-grossing film of all time both domestically, surpassing Finding Nemo , until it was surpassed by Finding Dory in 2016 and worldwide, also surpassing Finding Nemo , until it

7396-480: Was the third animated film in history to be nominated for Best Picture, after Beauty and the Beast and Up . Toy Story 3 also won the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature Film and the award for Best Animated Film at the British Academy Film Awards . Toy Story 4 won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and was also nominated for Best Original Song for Newman's "I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away." It

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